UXO Found at Oddar Meanchey High School

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UXO Found at Oddar Meanchey High School

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Cambodia News, Oddar Meanchey: Oddar Meanchey High School students reported that three UXOs were found close to the school fence near a tree-trunk causing alarm in the morning of June 22, 2020, in Damnak Village, Tampaak Commune, Trapeang Prasat District.
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The report said that as soon as the villagers and students found the unexploded ordnance, it was reported to authorities. After receiving the report, authorities immediately went to the scene .
On examination, the officials found two separate UXO sites near the school. One was located near a tree trunk next to the fence of the secondary school, and in the field near the school fence, two 62- projectiles were found in the grass.
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After the inspection, the cops reported to the CMAC to come and pick up the UXOs and destroy them.

This is not the first time that dangerous devices have been found at a Oddar Meanchey school: topic29625.html#p342722
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Re: UXO Found at Oddar Meanchey High School

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The guys who put the fence up were lucky
I'm standing up, so I must be straight.
What's a poor man do when the blues keep following him around.(Smoking Dynamite)
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atst wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:05 am The guys who put the fence up were lucky
Do you really think that stuff has been sitting there unnoticed for a couple/few decades?


Or maybe it was more like this
Spoiler:
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Username Taken wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:29 am
atst wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:05 am The guys who put the fence up were lucky
Do you really think that stuff has been sitting there unnoticed for a couple/few decades?


Or maybe it was more like this
Spoiler:
Yep, can't imagine someone putting them there resently or seeing them and doing nothing
I'm standing up, so I must be straight.
What's a poor man do when the blues keep following him around.(Smoking Dynamite)
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