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Over 2,000 pieces of war-era unexploded ordnance found in Cambodia school

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Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) experts have recovered more than 2,000 pieces of war-era unexploded ordnance (UXO) buried on a school campus in northeastern Kratie province, a mine clearance chief said on Monday.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodian Mine Action Center experts have recovered more than 2,000 pieces of war-era unexploded ordnance buried on a school campus in northeastern Kratie province, a mine clearance chief said on Monday.

"According to our experts at the site, there still be many more pieces of unexploded munitions within this area," Ratana said, adding that the school will be closed temporarily for a few more days for a clearance operation. An estimated 4 million to 6 million landmines and other munitions had been left over from three decades of internal conflicts and a U.S. bombing campaign.

 

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