500 UXO units found on Cambodia's Battambang riverbank

The UXO units consisted of 36 72A landmines, three B40 bullets and 500 K57 bullets. SUPPLIED

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): More than 500 units of unexploded ordnance (UXO) were discovered by a resident in the riverbank of Stung Sangke River in Phlov Meas commune’s Phlov Meas village in Battambang province’s Ratanak Mondol district.

District police chief Sorn Nil told The Post on June 9 that after being alerted to the UXO units, he ordered commune police to guard the munitions and request the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) in the province to defuse and remove them from the riverbank.