Two Cambodian deminers killed in clearance of anti-tank mine


PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Two Cambodian demining experts were killed as they were attempting to remove an anti-tank mine from a farmer's rice field on Thursday, the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) said in a statement.

The accident took place in Trapeang Prey village in the northwestern Oddar Meanchey province's Trapeang Prasat district during a mine clearance operation, the statement said, adding that the two male deminers were identified as Pov Nepin and Oeun Channara.

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