Officials in Cambodia say a rocket-propelled grenade believed to be more than 25 years old has detonated and killed two cousins, a girl and a boy both 2 years old.

Cousins Muo Lisa and Thum Yen, both age 2, died after a decades-old grenade exploded near their home in a rural Cambodian village in a formerly war-torn area. The explosive that killed the toddlers is believed to be over 25 years old,

Cambodian toddlers killed by grenade buried since civil war - One child died instantly while the other succumbed at the hospital

The tragedy, over 25 years after the civil war ended, came after the nation had to partially suspend demining operations when the US halted funding.

Two Cambodian toddlers died when a rocket-propelled grenade believed buried since the country’s civil war blew up near their homes, an official said Sunday. The explosion happened on Saturday in a remote village in northwestern Siem Reap province that was once a battle site for Cambodian Government soldiers and Khmer Rouge fighters in the 1980s and 1990s.

A rocket-propelled grenade believed to be more than 25 years old killed two cousins, a girl and a boy both 2 years old, when it blew up Saturday near their homes in rural northwestern Cambodia, officials said.