27/01/2017 Cambogia, Battambang, Ek Phnom
Un giovane contadino, mentre a bordo di un trattore ara il suo campo di riso, smuove per mezzo dell’aratro due cassette di ferro contenenti 12 bombe a mano. Nel contempo nel territorio di Pursat nell’area forestale di Veal Veaeng residenti trovano altri ordigni inesplosi. Sul posto i tecnici della Polizia trovano circa 500 pezzi: mine, bombe da mortaio, granate d’artiglieria.
Foto-Fonte: khmertimeskh.com
Mines and UXOs remain a leading cause of casualties and deaths in the kingdom, with an estimated four to six million landmines and other munitions left over from decades of war and internal conflict, according to a CMAC report from last November. The northwestern regions bordering Thailand are heavily affected, while other parts of the country are considered moderate to low impact zones, affected mainly by explosive remnants of war. According to a report, landmine and UXO explosions killed 19,720 people from 1979 to September 2015. The Cambodian Mine Action Authority reported on Friday that landmine casualties dropped by 25 percent last year, with 83 deaths in 2016.
