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The terrifying legacy of the Vietnam War

Another Vietnam War shell has exploded - this time, in a schoolyard.

No one was injured when the artillery shell exploded in a school playing field on Wednesday, shattering windows and terrifying hundreds of students.

Unexploded ordnance and mines have killed more than 42,000 people and wounded some 62,000 since the Vietnam War ended in 1975.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)