Twenty Cambodian soldiers killed in ammunition base explosion: PM
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The blast, which also injured several soldiers, occurred at an army base in Kampong Speu province, Hun Manet says.
Twenty soldiers have been killed in an ammunition explosion at a base in the west of Cambodia, according to Prime Minister Hun Manet.
The blast, which also injured several soldiers, happened on Saturday afternoon at an army base in Kampong Speu province, Hun Manet said in a statement on Facebook, without giving more details on the incident.
Hun Manet said he was “deeply shocked” when he received the news of the explosion at the base, with the army saying that an entire truck of munitions had exploded.
The prime minister expressed his “deepest condolences” to the families of those killed, and promised the government would pay for their funerals and provide compensation both to those killed and those injured.
Pictures on social media showed a destroyed single storey building wreathed in smoke, as well as what appeared to be civilians, including a child in nappies — with cuts and gashes being treated in hospital.
