“Within a three-day period of operations on August 11-13 at the Queen Kosamak High School in Kratie province, CMAC’s Remnants of War team has cleared 2,116 pieces of unexploded ordinances as the remnants of war,” CMAC’s director-general Heng Ratana said

“According to our experts at the site, there still be many more pieces of unexploded munitions within this area,” Ratana said, adding that the school will be closed temporarily for a few more days for a clearance operation.

He mentioned that the explosive devices were found subsequent to the school’s clearance of land for a garden expansion.

Cambodia stands as one of the nations most severely impacted by landmines and the lingering hazards of war explosives.

Around 4 to 6 million landmines and various other explosive devices remained from thirty years of internal conflicts and a bombing campaign carried out by the US.

Yale University’s records indicate that between 1965 and 1973, the United States deployed approximately 230,516 bombs across 113,716 locations within Cambodia.

Based on the latest government report, from 1979 until June 2023, incidents involving landmines and explosive remnants of war resulted in the loss of 19,821 lives, while 45,205 individuals in Cambodia were either injured or required amputations.

The Cambodian government is committed to eliminating all landmines and unexploded ordnance by 2025.

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