A funeral was held for 20 soldiers who died in a munitions explosion at a Cambodian army base in southwestern Cambodia. The explosion also wounded several others and damaged nearby houses. The cause of the explosion was likely the mishandling of ammunition, exacerbated by a heatwave in Southeast Asia.
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NEW: Cambodia’s defence ministry said Thursday a blistering heatwave roiling Southeast Asia played a role in an ammunition explosion that killed 20 soldiers at an army base https://t.co/wJ07c70IFT
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A funeral was held Sunday for 20 soldiers who died at an army base in southwestern Cambodia in a huge explosion of stored munitions that also wounded several others and damaged nearby houses. https://t.co/xNNuEUIt7b