Bomb explosion kills two Chinese in Laos

An early morning bomb blast at a road construction site near a military camp in Laos’ Xaysomboun province killed two Chinese officials and injured a third on 24 January, RFA’s Lao Service has learned.

The explosion near a work camp outside the Pha Nok Kok village in the Long Cheang district occurred about 8 a.m. damaging a vehicle and forcing construction on the road project to be halted. The blast marked the third explosion in the area in less than a month.  Soldiers defused another bomb on the road in Namphanoy village on 30 December.

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