Lao authorities say that the report about cluster munitions found near a rural farm in Khammouane Province, southern Laos, is outdated news disseminated by an unregistered media outlet
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A set of cluster munitions was reportedly found near a rural farm in Laos’ Ka Sae Village, Xaibuathong District, Khammouane Province as villagers were farming. Social media posts bearing the claim quickly went viral, with one video posted by unregistered media outlet Tholakhong garnering over 240,000 views online.
The supposed report claimed that unexploded ordnance was found near a rural farm in southern Laos on March 15.An individual working for the Mines Advisory Group of Laos’ UXO clearance department, who declined to be named, personally toldthat the supposed report was outdated. According to the individual, the cluster munitions were indeed discovered, but not recently. They were found In November 2023 and promptly detonated, contrary to the claim.
The misleading post appears to have been published to capitalize on the trending topic of UXO news in Laos at the time. Only a few days earlier, on March 11, anothersurfaced on social media showing construction workers in Attapeu Province in the south of Laos digging cluster munitions out of the ground by hand and tossing them around. This video also went viral on social media, garnering over 290,000 views on Facebook.
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