Phnom Penh Post - Remember, kids, the police are our friends
Recess was temporarily halted yesterday in Battambang province when schoolchildren found two abandoned AK-47s in the yard and quickly alerted the boys in blue.
Police showed up to the Kors Kralor district school to confiscate the firearms – which weren’t loaded – and told the tots they did right by calling them in to deal with the dangerous devices.
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