US EditionCambodia evacuates a village on disputed border with Thailand as tensions rise
Authorities evacuated 250 families after crossfire killed one civilian and wounded three, threatening the July ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand, officials said.
- Cambodian authorities evacuated about 250 families from Prey Chan village to a Buddhist temple about 29km from the border after a civilian was reported killed in nearby shooting; the evacuation was reported after Monday, with tensions rising along the border.
- A fragile ceasefire and unimplemented October truce terms have left core issues unresolved, while tensions escalated after a Thai soldier injured by land mine earlier this week.
- Both sides blamed the other after Gen. Winthai Suvaree said Cambodian soldiers started the shooting, while Cambodia's Ministry of National Defence said Thai troops began the gunfight at about 3:50pm, which lasted about 10 minutes.
- Thailand paused implementation of the agreement and suspended parts of the truce, with Bangkok halting the release of 18 Cambodian soldiers while Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet urged an independent investigation.
- The clash threatens a truce cosigned in Kuala Lumpur less than three weeks earlier, with an Association of Southeast Asian Nations observer team and a Cambodian Defence Ministry monitoring team involved in border surveillance.
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Cambodia evacuates a village on disputed border with Thailand as tensions rise
Cambodia has evacuated hundreds from a village on its disputed border with Thailand after a resident was killed in a shooting between the two nations.
Tension in border areas of Thailand & Cambodia - News Today
Cambodia on Thursday evacuated hundreds of people from a village along its disputed border with Thailand, a day after one of its residents was reported killed when shooting between the two nations broke out there. Wednesday’s shooting occurred two days after a Thai soldier lost a foot to a land mine while patrolling another area of the border. Thailand blamed Cambodia for the blast and announced it was suspending honouring the terms of a ceasefi…
On Thursday, Cambodia evacuated hundreds of people from a village on its disputed border with Thailand, a day after one of its residents was reported to have died in a shooting between the two countries.
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