PHNOM PENH: Thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance left over from Cambodia’s civil war have been unearthed inside a school in the country’s northeast, authorities said today.
Deminers discovered more than 2,000 explosives, including more than 1,000 M79 grenades, inside the grounds of a high school in Kratie province over three days, said Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre.“The school has been closed temporarily,” Heng Ratana said.“It is a huge stroke of luck for the students. These explosive devices are easy to explode if someone dug into the ground and hit them,” he said.
Cambodia’s civil war lasted until 1975, with the US and what was then North and South Vietnam backing various sides.
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