Two injured in bus explosion in Cambodia's tourist hub: police


PHNOM PENH: At least two people were injured in a bus explosion at a parking lot in front of the famed Angkor Wat temple in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province on Tuesday (March 5), a police chief said.

The blast occurred at around 5.30am local time, and a bus engine fault was likely to blame for the incident, Siem Reap provincial police chief Major General Teng Channath said.

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