A Cambodian soldier was killed on Wednesday after an alternate of gunfire with the Thai military on the border, a Cambodian military spokesman mentioned, a uncommon fatality in an extended delicate frontier area.“One among our troopers died through the struggle, and there have been some accidents, however we do not have detailed figures but”, mentioned Cambodian Royal Military spokesman Mao Phalla.The Royal Thai Military mentioned in a press release that the conflict occurred after Cambodian troopers began firing close to Ubon Ratchathani province in Thailand’s east.Thai troopers fired again in response to gunshots from Cambodia’s border drive, resulting in an alternate lasting round 10 minutes earlier than the Cambodians requested a ceasefire, in keeping with the Thai military assertion.Mao Phalla confirmed “there have been clashes”, however mentioned Thai troopers had attacked Cambodian troops who had been on border patrol responsibility in northern Preah Vihear province, which borders Ubon Ratchathani.“Our troopers died within the trenches. The Thais got here to assault us,” he mentioned.Bloody navy clashes between Cambodia and Thailand erupted in 2008 over the location of an historical Khmer temple in Preah Vihear positioned close to the border.The row over a patch of land subsequent to the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple led to a number of years of sporadic violence, leading to at the very least 28 deaths earlier than the Worldwide Court docket of Justice dominated the disputed space belonged to Cambodia.
