PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A homemade truck ran over a landmine in Cambodia killing 14 people including a 6-month-old infant, police said Wednesday.
The incident occurred in Battambang province in Northwestern Cambodia, China's official Xinhua news agency reported.
The local chief of police said in addition to the infant the dead included eight women and five men.
"Twelve people instantly died at the explosion and the other two died while being sent to the hospital," said Bin Sambo, police chief of Banan district.
Sambo said the truck was returning from a farm when it ran over the anti-tank mine at 5:15 p.m., local time, Tuesday.
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