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.

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

The decades-old explosive killed the toddlers, one boy and one girl, on Saturday, Feb. 22, after it blew up near their homes in northwestern Cambodia, the director of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) said in a Facebook post later that day.

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.

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.