Wartime ammunition cache found in Quang Tri garden

As many as 80 bullets from the American War have been found in a garden in the central province of Quang Tri.

As many as 80 bullets from the American War have been found in a garden in the central province of Quang Tri.

According to the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), the munitions were found in a 100-metre melaleuca tree garden in Hai Lang District’s Tan Xuan Tho Village.

The bullets found at a depth of 10 cm

The ammunition was scattered at a depth of 10cm.

MAG have removed the ammunition for disposal.

MAG has deployed eight bomb and mine clearance teams in Quang Tri since June 16. To date, 174 explosive materials found in 350,000 square metres have been detonated.

Quang Tri Province was among the major battlegrounds during the war in the run-up to the Tet Offensive in 1968 and the Easter Offensive in 1972.

Around 391,000 hectares of land, accounting for up to 83.3 percent of the province’s total area, remain still infested by mines and other explosives from the war.