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Cambodia sees 35 pct drop in landmine casualties in 1st half of 2015

Xinhua, August 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Cambodia has reported 66 landmine casualties in the first six months of 2015, a decrease of 35 percent compared with 101 cases a year earlier, according to the latest official data on Tuesday.

From January to June this year, 11 people were killed, down from 14 deaths over the same period last year, said a report from the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority.

A total of 55 others were either injured or amputated, down from 87.

"Some 91 percent of the victims were males," the report said.

Cambodia is one of the most landmine-affected countries in the world. An estimated 4-6 million landmines and other munitions were left over from three decades of war and internal conflicts that ended in 1998.

The country aims to get rid of all types of anti-personnel mines by 2020.

In April, a Belgian non-governmental organization, Apopo, in cooperation with the Cambodian Mine Action Center, imported 15 African giant pouched rats into Cambodia to help detect landmines buried throughout the country. Endi