The blast, which additionally wounded a number of troopers, occurred at a military base in Kampong Speu province, Hun Manet says.

Twenty troopers have been killed in an ammunition explosion at a base within the west of Cambodia, in accordance with Prime Minister Hun Manet.

The blast, which additionally wounded a number of troopers, occurred on Saturday afternoon at a military base in Kampong Speu province, Hun Manet mentioned in an announcement on Fb, with out giving extra particulars on the incident.

Hun Manet mentioned he was “deeply shocked” when he acquired the information of the explosion on the base in Kampong Speu province.

It was not instantly clear what prompted the explosion and Hun Manet didn’t touch upon the difficulty in his publish.

He supplied condolences to the troopers’ households and promised the federal government would pay for his or her funerals and supply compensation each to these killed and people injured.

Footage on social media confirmed a destroyed one-storey constructing wreathed in smoke, in addition to injured folks being handled at a hospital, with residents of a close-by village additionally sharing pictures on-line of damaged home windows.

Hun Manet, a graduate of the US Army Academy at West Level, was promoted to be a four-star common shortly earlier than he was elected to function prime minister, succeeding his father Hun Sen.