Bomb found in riverbed in front of royal palace

Defused: CMAC staff looking at the bomb after it was uncovered from a river bed opposite the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. — AFP

The bomb squad was called in to remove a 907kg US-made explosive uncovered in a riverbed opposite the Royal Palace in the capital Phnom Penh, a demining official said.

The AN-M66 bomb – containing more than 500kg of explosives – was found during dredging and clean-up work at the meeting point of the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre said.