20 soldiers killed in an ammunition explosion
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Twenty soldiers have been killed in an ammunition explosion at a military base in Cambodia, officials say
Twenty soldiers have been killed in an ammunition explosion at a military base in Cambodia, officials say.
Twenty soldiers were killed, and several others injured in an ammunition explosion at a base in the west of Cambodia on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Hun Manet said.
Cambodia’s army said the incident was a “warehouse ammunition explosion” that destroyed a truck fully loaded with weaponry.
An office building as well as nearby barracks were destroyed, with 25 nearby home affected, news agency AFP reported.
Hun Manet said in a Facebook post that he was “deeply shocked” when he received the news of the explosion at the base in Kampong Speu province.
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It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion, and Hun Manet did not say in his post on Facebook.
He offered condolences to the soldiers’ families and promised the government would pay for their funerals and provide compensation to those killed and injured.
Pictures from the scene showed a destroyed building still smoldering and soldiers receiving treatment in a hospital.
Hun Manet, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, was promoted to be a four-star general shortly before he was elected to serve as prime minister, succeeding his autocratic father Hun Sen.
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