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Ordnance demolition begins

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    A two-day ordnance demolition exercise began on Tuesday east of Freetown, a spokesman for the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) told IRIN. “We hope by the end of the day 13 cluster bombs and one mortar bomb will have been detonated in place,” Philip Winslow, UNAMSIL’s Chief Information Officer, said. The ordnance is being destroyed near Sumbuya, some 20 km southwest of Masiaka. On Wednesday the team travels to an area near Masiaka to detonate a few dozen unexploded rocket-propelled grenades and mortar bombs, Winslow said.

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