Sunday, February 6, 2011

CAMBODIA: New clashes on the border between Thailand and Cambodia

AFP - New clashes erupted Sunday near a disputed temple on the border between Cambodia and Thailand, the day after a cease-fire between the two countries, said a Cambodian military commander at the AFP.

"We're beating us at this time, they started shooting at us," the official said, referring to the Thai soldiers.

The new clashes broke out around 6:35 p.m. local time (11:35 GMT).

After fighting with heavy weapons Friday for about two hours, firefights had occurred again at dawn on Saturday for about thirty minutes.Before the two neighbors herald a cease-fire.

During the fighting, the most violent since 2008, at least five people were killed: a soldier and a villager Thai and two Cambodian soldiers and one civilian.

The border between the two countries has never been fully demarcated.