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20 Cambodian soldiers killed in ammo explosion at a military base

Prime Minister Hun Manet says he is 'deeply shocked'

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet is a graduate of U.S. Military Academy at West Point.   © Reuters

PHNOM PENH (AP) -- Twenty soldiers were killed and several others injured in an ammunition explosion at a base in the west of Cambodia on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Hun Manet said.

Hun Manet said in a Facebook post that he was "deeply shocked" when he received the news of the explosion at the base in Kampong Speu province.

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