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150 potentially live artillery shells found in Quang Tri

The Military Command of Dakrong district, the central province of Quang Tri has worked with the Peace Trees Vietnam (PTVN) to tackle 150 war-era unexploded shells.
150 potentially live artillery shells found in Quang Tri ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
QuangTri (VNA) – The Military Command of Dakrong district, the centralprovince of Quang Tri has worked with the Peace Trees Vietnam (PTVN) to tackle 150war-era unexploded shells uncovered at an old underground cellar in thelocality.

The potentially live shells were discovered on January 13 when soldiers of thecommand were clearing a mine-contaminated hilly area in Krong Klang town, Dakrongdistrict, in a bid to turn it into a cultivable area.

Accordingto senior lieutenant colonel Ha Ngoc Sinh, Head of the Command, the shell-containingplace belongs to Dong Toan base area, where fierce battles during war tookplace.

The soldiers are continuing the clearance activities in the vicinity of Dong Toan base area, he added.

Previously, on January 11, the PTVN, which consists mostly of US war veterans, safely demineda 266-kg bomb MK 82 500 LBS in Quang Tri, which was 1.7m in length and 23cm indiameter. The bomb was unearthed in Coc hamlet, Huong Linh commune, Huong Hoadistrict.-VNA 
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