One person has been killed in a shooting on the Thai-Cambodian border. Tensions between the two countries have risen again, just days after a ceasefire brokered by former US President Donald Trump collapsed.
Earlier in July, five days of fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops left 43 people dead and nearly 300,000 displaced. It was the deadliest border clash between the two countries in a decade.
A ceasefire agreement was brokered in Malaysia in October this year, brokered by Donald Trump. Before it was signed, the US president had warned that he would cut off trade privileges between the two countries if they did not stop fighting.
But the agreement did not last long. According to the Thai side, a soldier patrolling the border lost his leg in a landmine explosion on Monday. Thailand accused Cambodia of planting a landmine and announced the suspension of the ceasefire.
Two days later, officials from both countries reported fresh shootings on the border between Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province and Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said three civilians had been injured and one person had been killed in Prey Chan district. “This action is contrary to humanitarian principles and the recent agreements to resolve border issues peacefully,” he said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Thai military spokesman Winthai Suvari said Cambodian troops had “opened fire in the direction of Thai territory.”
