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Southeast Asia
Five killed by explosives left over from the Vietnam War
2008-07-12
HANOI, Vietnam, July 11 (AP) Five people, including three children, died in central Vietnam when 30-year-old unexploded ordnance left behind from the Vietnam War exploded, police and state media reported Friday. Three boys, aged 12 to 14, were killed in an explosion Thursday in the Hai Lang district of Quang Tri province, said a district police officer. The boys discovered four unexploded bombs in bushes and the explosives went off when they examined them, he said.

On Tuesday, two men were killed in the central highlands province of Kon Tum when an artillery shell they were cutting up for scrap metal exploded, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  Quagmire?
Posted by: Raj   2008-07-12 16:21  

#1  I don't recall any bombs being dropped south of the DMZ. They probably were not artillery from the Dong Ha base. Perhaps they were dropped by NVA rocketeers being pursued by Marines or nailed by the 1/40th 105 battery.
Posted by: .Xenophon   2008-07-12 15:52  

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