11yo boy seriously injured playing with mortar shell

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11yo boy seriously injured playing with mortar shell

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- A boy of 11 was seriously injured when a bomb he was playing with exploded on Saturday in Battambang province’s Koas Krala district.
Koas Krala district police chief Chhang Vanchhay said yesterday that May Sameth had gone out to take care of a cow in a nearby field. After he finished his work, he walked to bush land to hunt animals or birds.

The boy found a 60mm mortar shell and picked it up to play with, throwing it at a tree.
It exploded, seriously injuring his right arm, his face and his left eye. The boy was sent to the provincial hospital...

http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39666/ ... jures-boy/
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