Two huge unexploded bombs found in southern Laos


VIENTIANE (Xinhua): The unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance team MAG of Laos on Saturday (Feb 13) found two huge unexploded bombs in southern Laos' Khammuan province.

The large air-dropped bomb weighing 750 lbs was found near the side of a road in a paddy field in Sangpoungbone village, Gnommalath district of Khammuan province (some 250km southeast of the Lao capital Vientiane), according to the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) clearance team.

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