A 60 mm mortar exploded in northern Cambodia on Thursday afternoon, killing two boys and a girl, police said.
Victims aged eight to 13 years, said Pheng Lun, police chief Por rural residents, where the accident occurred, reported Xinhua.
"The victim found the mortar when they graze cattle in the fields, and they use stones to throw at the thing, which then triggered the explosion," he said, adding that two of the victims were siblings.
Mortars that are leftover during the time of war, he said.
Landmines and artillery weapons are still active have killed 22 people and wounded 89 others in 2013, according to the Cambodian Mine Action Authority which aired earlier this week.
Landmines and weapons that are still active mostly found in Southeast Asia. There are an estimated 4 million to 6 million land mines and other munitions left over from three decades of war and internal conflict that ended in 1998.
Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodia Mine Action Center, said that more than three million landmines and artillery are still active has been removed and destroyed.
Cambodia is seeking funding of about 50 million U.S. dollars a year until 2020 to fully get rid of all types of anti-personnel mines.
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