Phon Penh, July 19 -- A Cambodian Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) expert team found a US-made MK-82 aerial bomb in the central Kampong Chhnang province dating back to the Vietnam war, a mine clearance chief said today.
Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), said the bomb, weighing more than 230 kg, had been discovered in Samaky Meanchey district's Thlak Vean village.
"Our EOD experts neutralized the bomb and transported it safely to the CMAC's disposal center on Saturday morning," he wrote on social media, with photographs showing experts defusing the bomb.
According to the official, since the start of the year, the EOD expert team has unearthed and safely removed at least nine MK-82 aerial b...