Unexploded Ordnance Safety
What to do about unexploded ordnance when you go home — the one rule, how to report it, who clears it, and the order a safe return happens.
If you are coming back to Khiam, the most dangerous thing in town is not always something you can see. Unexploded shells, cluster bomblets and booby-traps are left in homes, gardens, fields and rubble — some of it left behind after the fighting stopped. This page is the short version of how to stay safe: one rule, what to do if you find something, who to call, and the order a safe return happens.
Do not enter a home, field or road until it has been checked and cleared
If you find something
Do not touch it, move it, or go near it
Do not pick it up, kick it, throw it, or lean in to photograph it. Many objects look harmless — a metal ball, a tin, a wire, even something that looks like a toy — and still kill. This includes anything strange inside your house or yard.