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| A mangled tractor and trailer was all that remained after two anti-tank mines killed eight people on Friday in Banteay Meanchey. Courtesy of PPPost |
Bangkok Post 3 Feb 2012
Eight Cambodian farmers were killed and one was critically
injured on Friday after their truck hit two old anti-tank mines in northwestern
Cambodia, police said.
"Seven people died on the spot. One man passed away
later in hospital. The driver is in critical condition," Malai district
police chief Sao Bun said after the blast on a cassava farm in Banteay Meanchey
province.
"Because of heavy rainfall recently, the land became
soft and when they drove across the farm they hit two anti-tank mines stacked
on top of each other," he told AFP, adding that two other landmines had
been found on the grounds in the past four years.
The police chief was unable to give the ages of the victims
but they are thought to include at least three teenagers.
Nearly three decades of civil war have left impoverished
Cambodia one of the world's most heavily mined countries.
In 2011, leftover landmines and other unexploded ordnance
killed 43 people and caused 168 injuries, including 33 amputations, according
to official statistics.
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