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Troops from Thailand and Cambodia have exchanged fire in a border area that both countries claim, officials say.
The incident happened early on Friday near the ancient temple of Preah Vihear, which has been the scene of a number of clashes in recent months.
A Cambodian spokesman said troops opened fire when Thai soldiers entered their territory.
There were no reports of injuries. A Thai military official said it had been a "misunderstanding", Reuters said.
An international court awarded Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia in 1962, but the land surrounding it remains the subject of rival territorial claims.
Soldiers from the two countries have been stationed in the area since tensions increased in July last year. Two Cambodian soldiers were killed at the site in October in a gun battle.
Last week, Cambodia accused Thai troops of crossing over briefly into its territory.
On Thursday, a Thai soldier was injured after stepping on a landmine at the site, which was probably left over from the Khmer Rouge era.
The incident happened early on Friday near the ancient temple of Preah Vihear, which has been the scene of a number of clashes in recent months.
A Cambodian spokesman said troops opened fire when Thai soldiers entered their territory.
There were no reports of injuries. A Thai military official said it had been a "misunderstanding", Reuters said.
An international court awarded Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia in 1962, but the land surrounding it remains the subject of rival territorial claims.
Soldiers from the two countries have been stationed in the area since tensions increased in July last year. Two Cambodian soldiers were killed at the site in October in a gun battle.
Last week, Cambodia accused Thai troops of crossing over briefly into its territory.
On Thursday, a Thai soldier was injured after stepping on a landmine at the site, which was probably left over from the Khmer Rouge era.
7 comments:
This is a kind of presure for Abhisit to resign...
Thais are provoking the Wars of hegemonism.
The Land of Smile With Wicked Heart.
Those Thai culprits are just rats lives who are seeking Khmer soldiers to cook them.
I vow to all our heroes in Preah Vihea and Veal Entrea to wipe those thugs out of Khmer Sovereignty.
How many misunderstanding remain???
It is the right thing to do.Let's bullets do the talking.Do otherwise will never get result.Remember! appeasement will not work .
The evil CPP & Hun Sen are just using the Preah Vihear Temple issue (like they did in the last election) to distract Khmer people from other real important internal issues in Cambodia, such as the upcoming commune election, boarder marking with Vietnam, anti-corruption law, etc.
It's all a setup between the CPP and the Thai military. We (Khmer People - in Cambodia and living overseas) are the "Suckers"
For one thing, we must stop supporting the CPP propaganda machine - CTN television. They are slowly washing our brains.
Hun Sen said, if the ECCC indict him and his Khmer Rouge gangs, he will turn Cambodia into a Killing Field again.
Hun Sen threaten a Khmer Rouge war again.
Hun Sen threaten to massacre thousands of innocent Khmer peoples again.
We gotta take Hun Sen's threat seriously.
I am asking the United Nation to come to Cambodia immediately to stop Hun Sen from turning Cambodia into a Killing Field.
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