PHNOM PENH, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia reported a total of 34 landmine and explosive remnant of war (ERW) casualties in the first nine months of 2025, down 12.8 percent from 39 over the same period last year, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.
"Ten people were killed, 21 people were injured, and three people were amputated due to landmine and ERW explosions during the January-September period this year," Lang Kosal, a spokesperson for the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), told Xinhua.
He added that the victims were 24 men, five boys, three women, and two girls.
According to Kosal, from 1979 to September 2025, landmine and ERW explosions had claimed 19,844 lives and maimed 45,276 others.
Cambodia is one of the countries worst affected by landmines and ERWs. An estimated 4 million to 6 million landmines and other munitions had been left over from three decades of war and internal conflicts that ended in 1998.
The Southeast Asian country is committed to clearing all types of landmines and ERWs by 2030. ■