Cambodian schools told to stop improvising bells from war-era bombs

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PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's government has told schools across the country to stop converting war-era ordnance into school bells to prevent possible explosions.

 

Nearly three decades of civil war and US bombing starting in the 1960s left Cambodia one of the most heavily bombed and mined countries in the world.

 

Turning bombs or shells into bells was a widespread practice immediately after the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979, when Cambodia's education system was destroyed and teachers used any material available.

 

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