Hanoi (VNA) - A technical issue combined with an extreme heatwave was blamed for a series of explosions at a military base that killed 20 soldiers and injured several others in Cambodia on April 27, the country’s Ministry of Defence said in a May 2 statement as reported by the Xinhua news agency.
"After a direct probe at the scene, the investigators from the Ministry of Defence found that the incident of the ammunition explosion on April 27, 2024, at the Third Regional Military Command in Kampong Speu province was a technical issue because the weapons were old and faulty, and the weather was hot," the statement said as cited by Xinhua.
The ministry rejected fake news spread by the extremist opposition that claimed the blast was caused by rebellious soldiers or an act of terrorism.
Lieutenant General Yoeung Sokhon, commander of the command, said in a recent report that four buildings, three ammunition warehouses and one office facility were totally destroyed and several military trucks damaged during the blast. Twenty-five villagers' homes near the military base were also ruined.
Chan Yutha, a spokesman and secretary of state for the Cambodian Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, said last week that the country had recorded the highest-ever temperature in about 170 years./.
"After a direct probe at the scene, the investigators from the Ministry of Defence found that the incident of the ammunition explosion on April 27, 2024, at the Third Regional Military Command in Kampong Speu province was a technical issue because the weapons were old and faulty, and the weather was hot," the statement said as cited by Xinhua.
The ministry rejected fake news spread by the extremist opposition that claimed the blast was caused by rebellious soldiers or an act of terrorism.
Lieutenant General Yoeung Sokhon, commander of the command, said in a recent report that four buildings, three ammunition warehouses and one office facility were totally destroyed and several military trucks damaged during the blast. Twenty-five villagers' homes near the military base were also ruined.
Chan Yutha, a spokesman and secretary of state for the Cambodian Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, said last week that the country had recorded the highest-ever temperature in about 170 years./.
VNA
