Thailand led air strikes against two military targets in Cambodia on Thursday, said its army after a confrontation broke out between the armed forces of the two neighboring countries in a disputed area of their common border. The two parties refer the responsibility for the attack.
Six F-16s deployed from the province of Ubon Ratchathani (northeast) targeted “two Cambodian military targets on the ground“Said the deputy spokesperson for the Thai armed forces, Ritcha Suksuwanon. Two positions of the Cambodian special forces divisions were destroyed, said the Thai army. An official of the latter added that all the border posts of the disputed demarcation were closed. He was counted at least six clashes.
In addition, the office of the Thai Prime Minister announced the death of a Thai civilian in a Cambodian artillery strike, in the border province of Surin (northeast). “”A Cambodian artillery shell struck the house of a Thai civilian, killing a person, seriously injuring a five -year -old child and having two other injured“Said the same source in a statement. The army had first announced three civilians injured in this area, after two rocket fire.
The two kingdoms have been opposed for decades on the layout of their common border, more than 800 kilometers long and defined during the French occupation of Indochina.