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September 13, 2006

Vietnam: Four Year Old Girl and Father Killed, Others Injured by War Era Ordnance

Posted by: James Hathaway

Another heartbreaking report from our staff in central Vietnam

1. (Ho Vien Khan, born in 1948 and Ho Thi Thia, born in 2002) An accident happened to a man and his daughter on August 5th 2006 in Hong Trung commune, A Luoi district of Thua Thien Hue province while he was digging holes for planting trees in the garden. Unknown ordnance suddenly exploded and killed him immediately. Ho Thi Thia, his daughter was there at random to see what her father was doing was killed too. Accident reported and responded by CPI on September 6th 2006.

2. (Ho Duc Khue, born in 1988, Mai Van Tuan, born??? and Le Duc Trung, born ???) An accident happened to a man in Phu Loc district of Thua Thien Hue province at 14h on September 2nd 2006 while he was searching for scrap metal in Huong Thuy, another district of Thua Thien Hue province. Upon finding a small piece of iron, he called other two friends come to see. Unfortunately, it exploded and injured three of them.Khue lost his left hand below elbow and received a lot of fragments while Trung and Tuan were both slightly injured. They were then taken to the local health center for first aid and Khue was there after transferred to Hue central Hospital for intensive treatment.
Responded by CPI Medical Liaison in Hue on September 5th 2006.

Posted by James Hathaway at September 13, 2006 11:41 PM
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