Cambodia has found another two war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bombs in southern Kandal province, a mine clearance chief said on Wednesday.
Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) Director-General Heng Ratana said the two aerial bombs were spotted in a pit in Kandal Steung district. “These aerial bombs type MK-82 with a total weight of around 230 kilograms each as the remnants of war,” Ratana wrote on social media, with the photographs of CMAC’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experts removing the bombs.
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Source: Xinhua News
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