Three members of demining team killed by device from Cambodia’s civil war

A Cambodian demining expert points to unexploded bombs displayed on the ground before a destruction ceremony in Preah Vihear province (Heng Sinith/AP)

A anti-tank mine leftover from Cambodia’s civil war exploded killing three members of a local demining team as they carried out their work, their organisation announced.

The group Cambodia Self Help Demining said in a Facebook post that the team of experts had been responding to an alert in the northern province of Preah Vihear.