PHNOM PENH, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Around 24 Cambodians had been killed by landmines and unexploded ordnances (UXOs) during the first nine months of 2016, remarkably up from only 15 deaths over the same period last year, according to an official report on Friday.
Some 45 others were injured or limps amputated during the January-September period this year, down 36 percent from 70 people over the same period last year, said the report from the Cambodian Mine Action Authority.
It said about 61 landmine and UXO accidents were recorded in the first nine months of this year, down 1.6 percent from 62 cases over the same period last year.
"Seventy percent of the victims were men, 20 percent were boys, and the rest were women and girls," it said.
Cambodia is one of the most landmine-affected countries in the world. An estimated 4 million to 6 million landmines and other munitions were left over from nearly three decades of war that ended in 1998.
The Southeast Asian country needs about 338 million U.S. dollars within 10 years to entirely get rid of all types of mines and explosive remnants of war, according to the government.
