Two children killed playing with fireworks

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Two children killed playing with fireworks

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Two young children were killed Sunday night in an explosion after they tampered with imported fireworks in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district.

Iv Chamreoun, Kandal provincial police chief, identified the deceased as Pun Sambath, 13, and Chey Vy, 11, in a Facebook post.
Sambath’s cousin Pun Sokhun, 16, and Meoun Sopheak, 17, were injured in the blast and sent to Phnom Penh’s Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital.

Chung Vanny, deputy commander of the Kandal Provincial Military Police, said the four children bought the fireworks and modified them by placing the explosives inside an empty soft drink can. They then crushed the can, causing the explosion.

“We educated them, but the children do not listen to us . . . During Pchum Ben, the authorities will not permit people to play with explosives, because we want to maintain security and safety,” Vanny said, adding officials would investigate who sold the children the explosives...
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Re: Two children killed playing with fireworks

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Somebody needs to dub a load of old public service videos into khmer. It surely would cost very little. They need cartoon animals telling them not to do stupid things
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