Tuesday 3 May 2011

18 dead in Thai-Cambodia border fighting

Cambodian soldiers stand guard near the Cambodia-Thailand border in Oddar Meanchey province. (AFP)

Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Australia Network News

A Thai soldier has been killed in fresh border fighting with Cambodian troops.

The death toll from the worst border clashes between the two countries in decades now stands at 18.

A Thai army spokesman in the northeast border region has told the AFP newsagency three other soldiers were injured in the skirmishes that involved assault rifles and mortars.

Cambodia says one of its soldiers was also injured.

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