1997 Grenade Attack Will Not Be Forgotten: Sam Rainsy
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| A Cambodian man, left, views photos the scene of victims of the March 30, 1997 deadly grenade attack, displaying during a Buddhist ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Buddhist monks and the main opposition party members in Cambodia on Wednesday chant prayers at a memorial for victims of a grenade attack that killed 16 anti-government protesters in Phnom Penh fourteen years ago. (Photo: AP) |
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer | Washington
“We cannot forget it. We will always remember it.”
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says the
anniversary of a deadly grenade attack in Phnom Penh 15 years ago must
not be forgotten.
The March 30, 1997, attack on an
opposition rally killed 16 people and wounded hundreds more.
“We cannot forget it,” Sam
Rainsy told VOA Khmer in a TV interview. “We will always remember it.”
No one was ever arrested for the
attack, which was widely blamed on supporters of the then co-prime
minister, Hun Sen, who seized power in a violent coup several months
later.
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