Landmine casualties in Cambodia down 36 pct in 5 months of 2015

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PHNOM PENH, (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has seen 57 landmine casualties in the first five months of 2015, down 36 percent compared with 89 casualties over the same period of last year, the latest report said Saturday.

During the January to May period this year, eight people were killed, down from 14 deaths over the same period last year, according to the report from the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority.

It showed that 49 others were either injured or amputated, down from 75. "About 90 percent of the victims were male," it said.

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