Battambang Farmer Plows a UXO

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Battambang Farmer Plows a UXO

Post by CEOCambodiaNews » Sat Jun 29, 2019 12:10 pm

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Battambang, Breaking news: At 8:10am on 28 June 2019, a 51 year old farmer, In Eang, was plowing a field in Banan district, Battambang province, when he came across an UXO, a MK81 bomb believed to have been dropped by an American aircraft.
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The farmer stopped his plowing, and immediately contacted the authorities, who called the explosives specialists from the CMAC (Cambodia Mine Action Center) to remove the bomb and disactivate it.
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