CAMBODIA
Landmine blasts prompt ban protest
- Published: 7 Mar 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
Three Thai rangers stepped on landmines along the common border in Surin on Tuesday.
A soldier shows a defused landmine, one of four TMN1 mines found along the Thai-Cambodian border in Surin. Three Thai rangers were injured, one seriously after stepping on landmines while patrolling border areas near Ta Kwai Hindu temple in Surin’s Phanom Dong Rak district.
The landmines were found to be Vietnamese-made TMN1 mines, which are commonly used by the Cambodian military, a source said.
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