Decades-old grenade kills 2 toddlers in rural Cambodia

A decades-old rocket-propelled grenade kills 2 toddlers who found it in the Cambodian countryside
Officials in Cambodia say a rocket-propelled grenade believed to be more than 25 years old has detonated and killed two cousins, a girl and a boy both 2 years old
Decades-old grenade kills two toddlers in rural Cambodia
A rocket-propelled grenade believed to be more than 25 years old killed two cousins, a girl and a boy both 2 years old, when it blew up Saturday near their homes in rural northwestern Cambodia, officials said.
2 Toddlers Killed After Decades-Old Grenade Explodes by Their Home: ‘They Should Not Have Died Like This’
The decades-old explosive killed the toddlers, one boy and one girl, on Saturday, Feb. 22, after it blew up near their homes in northwestern Cambodia, the director of the Cambodia
2 Cambodian toddlers die after buried grenade explodes
The tragedy, over 25 years after the civil war ended, came after the nation had to partially suspend demining operations when the US halted funding.
Cambodian toddlers killed by grenade buried since civil war
The province's Svay Leu district was once a battle site for Cambodian government soldiers and Khmer Rouge fighters in the 1980s and 1990s. Parents of Muo Lisa and her cousin, Thum Yen, were reportedly working at a far when the toddlers came across the grenade and it detonated.
Two Cambodian toddlers killed in old grenade blast
Two Cambodian toddlers died when a rocket-propelled grenade believed buried since the country's civil war blew up near their homes, an official said Sunday. "According to an investigation report, the two toddlers were playing on the ground,
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Heng Ratana, director-general of the Cambodian Mine Action Center, said the war-left 66-mm (B-63) shell exploded on Saturday in Kranhong village of Svay Leu district's Ta Siem commune.
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