Electrified Rice Field Kills Farmer

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Khmer Times/Phun Chan Ousaphea

KANDAL – A man was killed after he was shocked by a battery in a rice field Thursday morning in Khsach Kandal district. Police said the victim is 45-year-old farmer Jay Chheourn.

Police said Mr. Chheourn placed an electrified wire connected to a 70-amp battery around his rice field in an attempt to keep rats away from his crops at night. At 1 am on Thursday, he was preparing the wire, but he slipped and fell on it. Mr. Chheourn was electrified and died at the scene.

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Geez, poor guy. RIP.

Thought shock wire was to shock and not to kill. Humans and bigger animals I mean. Something wrong with the voltage?