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Thai, Cambodian soldiers exchange gunfire near border

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Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17484249889271748424988087.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">FILE: Thai military personnel guards convenience stores damaged after an attack, in Cho-airong district in southern Thailand&#x27;s Narathiwat province, on August 17, 2022. <em>Madaree Tohlala, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>BANGKOK — Thai and Cambodian armed forces on Wednesday exchanged gunfire at the two countries&#x27; shared border, military officials said, a rare outbreak of violence in a long sensitive border region.</p><p>The Royal Thai Army said in a statement that the clash happened after Cambodian soldiers started firing near Ubon Ratchathani province in Thailand&#x27;s east.</p><p>Thai soldiers fired back in response to gunshots from Cambodia&#x27;s border force, leading to an exchange lasting around 10 minutes before the Cambodians requested a ceasefire, according to the Thai army statement.</p><p>Cambodian Royal Army spokesperson Mao Phalla confirmed that &quot;there were clashes&quot;, but said that Thai soldiers had attacked Cambodian troops who were on border patrol duty in Cambodia&#x27;s northern Preah Vihear province, which borders Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/2/28/why-thailand-is-not-a-safe-place-for-asian-dissidents-1202">Why Thailand is not a safe place for Asian dissidents<br/></a></div><p>Mao Phalla did not provide further details.</p><p>Neither side reported casualties.</p><p>Bloody military clashes between Cambodia and Thailand erupted in 2008 over the site of an ancient Khmer temple in Preah Vihear located near the border.</p><p>The row over a patch of land next to the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple led to several years of sporadic violence, resulting in at least 28 deaths before the International Court of Justice ruled the disputed area belonged to Cambodia.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Thai and Cambodian armed forces on Wednesday exchanged gunfire at the two countries' shared border, military officials said, a rare outbreak of violence in a long sensitive border region.</p>

Thai and Cambodian armed forces on Wednesday exchanged gunfire at the two countries' shared border, military officials said, a rare outbreak of violence in a long sensitive border region.