Young Man Loses Hand to Vietnam War Era Bomb

18-year-old Tran Van Khoa was injured by an explosive remnant of the US-VIetnam war at 8h a.m on March 26th 2007 in Trieu Ai commune, Trieu Phong district of Quang Tri province. He was hoeing land to plant trees with his mother in the garden. A cluster bomb suddenly detonated and severely injured him while his mother with good luck was completely safe because she had left the garden for a drink inside the house. Khoa received a lot of fragments in the left hand and chest and even lost the right hand. He was after the accident taken to the district hospital for first aid and then transferred to Quang Tri General Hospital on the same day for intensive treatment.

Accidents like this happen on a weekly basis here in Quang Tri Province,