Phnom Penh Thursday, 07 April 2011
“It’s appalling that any country would resort to using cluster munitions after the international community banned them.”
An international anti-cluster bomb group has confirmed the use of the munitions by Thailand during border clashes with Cambodia in February.
The Cluster Munition Coalition said it had investigated sites inside Cambodia where the munitions fell near Preah Vihear temple and found unexploded submunitions and fragments.
At least two people were killed when they handled an unexploded bomblet that detonated and seven others have been injured in explosions, the group said in a statement.
The Coalition called on Cambodia and Thailand to prohibit the use of cluster bombs, which are scattered over a wide area and sometimes fail to detonate, leaving behind dangerous remnants.
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