Cambodia - Aftermath of fighting in Phnom Penh

(7 Jul 1997) T/I: 10:11:32 Packs of Cambodians looted shops, homes and businesses in battle-ravaged Phnom Penh on Monday (7/7) despite a state of emergency in part of the city aimed at halting the crime wave. SHOWS: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 7 JULY, 1997 EXT VS closed shops with shuttered windows; EXT WS Calmet hospital (Phnom Penh’s main medical facility); INT VS patients at hospital, with injuries from fighting; EXT WS APCs on street; WS skyline; VS Hun Sen’s CPP troops on street, walking and driving past with looted goods; MS corpse lying in street; MS CPP troops drive past in pick-up truck; MS damaged balcony; CU damaged balcony; CU spent tank shell casings TILTS up to MS burned-out CPP; CU children looking at burned-out tank; VS tank drives past; MS people pushing goods on carts; MS soldiers with stolen motorcycles; VS troops drive past on road to airport; VS troops walk past;
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