Cambodian villager killed by anti-tank mine


PHNOM PENH (AFP): A Cambodian villager was killed after he drove a truck loaded with cassava over an anti-tank landmine on his farm, an official said on Saturday.

The incident happened in northwestern Battambang province on Friday when the unidentified villager "ran over an anti-tank landmine, the remnant of war," Heng Ratana, director general of the government's Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), said in a Facebook post.

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