RIAU, INDONESIA — Four Indonesian army personnel were killed and eight were injured when a new, Chinese-made weapon went haywire during a military exercise near the Riau island group in the South China sea. <br /> <br />The May 17 accident occurred in the Tanjung Datuk region, near the Malaysian border on Kalimantan. <br /> <br />The Java Post reports soldiers were using the Giant Bow twin-barreled anti-aircraft cannon, a weapon produced by Chinese firm Norinco. <br /> <br />The army says a component controlling the gun’s elevation was damaged and during a live-fire exercise at 11:21am, it malfunctioned. The gunners lost control of the cannon, as it suddenly dropped elevation and fired rounds into a group of soldiers engaged in a separate exercise. <br /> <br />Four men were killed and the eight wounded suffered mostly shrapnel injuries. <br /> <br />The exact cause of the malfunction is being investigated.
