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Thailand says Cambodian rocket fire has caused its first civilian death in new border fighting
The first civilian death occurred amid over two dozen fatalities and mass displacement in weeklong clashes fueled by disputed border land claims, officials said.
- On Sunday, Thailand's government said a Cambodian rocket killed 63-year-old Thai villager Don Patchapan near a school in Sisaket province's Kantharalak District, with reporters finding shrapnel about 10 minutes after.
- Longstanding territorial disputes over frontier land with centuries-old temple ruins and a Dec. 7 skirmish that wounded two Thai soldiers escalated fighting despite a Malaysia-brokered ceasefire formalized in October.
- Cambodian forces have fired thousands of rockets daily from BM-21 rocket launchers with 30-40 kilometer range, while Thailand carried out fighter-plane airstrikes and both sides used drones for bombing and surveillance on Sunday.
- The fighting has killed more than two dozen people and displaced over half a million, with the Thai military acknowledging 15 troop deaths and estimating at least 221 Cambodian fatalities, which the Cambodian government denounced as disinformation.
- Diplomatic efforts brokered by Malaysia unraveled as a Thai Navy warship joined fighting Saturday, with Donald Trump saying Friday the ceasefire was renewed but Anutin Charnvirakul denied commitment.
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A first Thai civilian was reportedly killed on Sunday by rocket bursts fired by Cambodian forces.
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A Thai civilian was killed on Sunday by rocket bursts fired by Cambodian forces, according to Bangkok.
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Total News Sources60
Leaning Left19Leaning Right6Center19Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Left, 43% Center
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- 43% of the sources lean Left, 43% of the sources are Center
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L 43%
C 43%
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