Phnom Penh: An ammunition explosion at a base in southwestern Cambodia on Saturday afternoon killed 20 troopers and wounded a number of others, Prime Minister Hun Manet mentioned.
Hun Manet mentioned in a Fb submit that he was “deeply shocked” when he obtained the information of the blast on the base in Kampong Speu province. It wasn’t instantly clear what brought about it.
Pictures from the scene confirmed a number of badly broken buildings nonetheless smoldering, no less than one with its roof blown off, and troopers receiving remedy in a hospital.Different photographs confirmed homes with holes of their roofs.
4 buildings – three for storage and one work facility – have been destroyed and several other army automobiles broken, Col. Youeng Sokhon, a military officer on the web site, mentioned in a short report back to military chief Gen. Mao Sophan, posted on social media. He added that 25 villagers’ properties have been broken as properly. Cambodia, like many nations within the area, has been affected by an prolonged warmth wave, and the province the place the blast came about registered a excessive of 39 C (102 F) on Saturday.
Hun Manet mentioned in a Fb submit that he was “deeply shocked” when he obtained the information of the blast on the base in Kampong Speu province. It wasn’t instantly clear what brought about it.
Pictures from the scene confirmed a number of badly broken buildings nonetheless smoldering, no less than one with its roof blown off, and troopers receiving remedy in a hospital.Different photographs confirmed homes with holes of their roofs.
4 buildings – three for storage and one work facility – have been destroyed and several other army automobiles broken, Col. Youeng Sokhon, a military officer on the web site, mentioned in a short report back to military chief Gen. Mao Sophan, posted on social media. He added that 25 villagers’ properties have been broken as properly. Cambodia, like many nations within the area, has been affected by an prolonged warmth wave, and the province the place the blast came about registered a excessive of 39 C (102 F) on Saturday.
