Cambodia school closed after thousands of civil war-era explosives found on site
More than 1,000 grenades found on land being cleared to expand garden of school in Kratie province, mine clearing organisation says
Thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance left over from Cambodia’s civil war have been unearthed inside a school in the country’s north-east.
Deminers discovered more than 2,000 explosives, including more than 1,000 M79 grenades, inside the grounds of a high school in Kratie province over three days, said Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre on Sunday.