A 7-year-old Vietnamese boy was killed and five children were hurt after a U.S.-made shell exploded in Quang Tri province while they were playing with it, state media said yesterday. The accident happened Monday, the army newspaper Quan Doi Nhan Dan reported. It raised this year's death toll from unexploded ordnance to at least eight.
"Nguyen! Don't play with that thing! You'll put somebody's eye... BOOM!"
Nostalgic note: Quan Doi Nhan Zan ("People's Army") used to have the most turgid commie prose in existence. With articles like "Emulate Meritorious Actions!", there were times when it made the Chinese look lively and witty. |