This report comes from our Vietnam office:
Pls find below the info of new accidents that we responded in June:
1. (Nguyen Si Phu-aged 12; Phan Thanh Hieu-born in 1993) An accident happened to a boy in Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province in the afternoon on May 29^th . It was Sunday and Phu�s day off. He went out to play and saw a cluster bomb on the street. He took it with him and came to his aunt� house which is quite far from his. He called Hieu, his cousin to go to the front yard near the Commune People�s Committee. They both then discovered the bomb. Finding nothing and having no interest in the cluster bomb, Hieu left just when Phu dropped the bomb on the ground. Phu was killed at spot while his cousin was injured at the legs.
This accident was reported to CPI by Landmine Survivor Network, another Mine Action Program based in Quang Binh Province. Bo Trach is their main project area. However, they requested CPI to support the one killed only but left the injured one for them to support.
2. (Le Phi-born in 1957, father & his daughter Le Thi Buom-born in 1989) A 48-year-old man was killed on the spot and his daughter injured when a 81mm mortar exploded in Huong So commune of Hue city in Central Vietnam.
The explosion occurred at 10 a.m on Tuesday when Le Phi, a scrap collector and also an ice-cream seller, was removing the charge of a mortar with a large knife at the back of his home.
His 16-year-old daughter got injured at her leg just while she was cleaning vegetables at the well near by.
Le Phi often went along the streets to sell ice-cream for money and also change ice-cream for scrap that he took it home and later on resold it to the scrap dealers.
3. (Phan Van Bay-born in 1977) A 29-year-old man was killed on the spot by an unknown UXO exploded in Phong Hoa commune, Tuyen Hoa district of Quang Binh province.
The accident happened on Thursday, June 9^th when he was searching for scrap metal in the above-mentioned area. However, he in fact lived in Quang Luu commune, Quang Trach district in Quang Binh province. He left behind his wife with two small children.
Tuyen Hoa is a mountainous district where is very popular for scrap metal collection and where happened a number of severe accidents that CPI have responded so far.
4. (Hoang Van Tuan-born in 1972) A 33-year-old man was killed on the spot by an unknown ordnance exploded in Hai Lang district of Quang Binh province.
The accident happened on Friday, June 10^th while he was collecting scrap metal. He left behind his old mother. (His father died long time ago)
Hai Lang SoLISA reported this accident to CPI.
5. (Hoang Thai Phai-age???) An accident happened to a Pahi ethnic man on June 10^th in Phong My commune, Phong Dien district of Thua Thien Hue province when a landmine detonated as he was trying to extinguish a fire in a forest.
He got multiple injured and was after the accident taken to the local health center for first aid and treatment
Phong My, a hilly area used to be a military base during the war.
6. June 12, 2005 Sunday 3:46 AM GMT
(Mr. Trung - Binh Dinh province & Mr. Dung -Phu Yen Province) A man was killed and another seriously injured when a Vietnam War-era shell exploded in the central province of Phu Yen, state press reported Sunday. The accident occurred when two scrap metal traders were attempting to break open the American-made 105-millimetre (4.2-inch) shell on Wednesday in order to extract explosives, said the youth daily Thanh Nien.
Police found 11 other unexploded shells of the same type at the victim's house, it said.
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