Phnom Penh, Apr 27 (AP) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet says 20 soldiers have been killed and several others injured in an ammunition explosion at a base in the west of the country on Saturday afternoon.

Hun Manet said in a Facebook post that he was “deeply shocked” when he received the news of the explosion at the base in Kampong Speu province.

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It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion and Hun Manet did not say in his post on Facebook. (AP)

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