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Thailand and Cambodia exchanged fire at their border and accused themselves of starting armed clashes. Nowsweek has produced a card that shows the location of hostilities.
Thursday, at least 11 civilians were confirmed and 14 injured, according to Thai authorities. Cambodia has not published information on the victims.
Thailand has sealed all land borders with its neighbor because of the clashes, which, according to Bangkok, continue in at least six areas along the border.
Nowsweek contacted the foreign ministries of Thailand and Cambodia for comments.
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Why it matters
Thursday’s clashes mark a long-standing displacement between the two neighbors in Southeast Asia who Share a 500 -mile land border – mapped by France when she directed Cambodia.
Cambodia asked for a decision from the UN International Court of Justice in the disputed areas, but Bangkok does not recognize the competence of the CIJ and affirms that certain areas along the border have never been fully delimited.
Tensions were revived in May after a Cambodian soldier was killed in a confrontation and Cambodia asked for the The United Nations The Security Council convenes an “urgent meeting” to stop violence in the international concerns of the spiral.
What to know
The two parties accused the other of having shot the first shot Thursday morning.
The spokesperson for the Thai Defense Ministry, on Kongsiri, said that on Thursday, the clashes continue in at least six areas along the border, said Associated Press (AP) and The The Thai army said six people had been killed after shots were fired on a service station in the province if its ket.
The Thai army said it launched air strikes on military targets in Cambodia, while the Cambodian Defense Ministry said Thai planes had dropped bombs near the former Preah Vihear temple.
The first confrontation Thursday morning took place near the old temple of Ta Muen Thom along the border of the province of Surin in Thailand and the province of Meanchey Oddchey of Cambodia, the AP reported.
The video has shown people who run from their homes and explosions. One person was killed and three other civilians, including a 5 -year -old boy, injured when Cambodia fired gunshots in a residential area, said overall.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said in a Facebook After his country had “no choice but to respond with military force against armed assault”.
The Thai Foreign Ministry accused Cambodia of having attacked both military and non -military sites in Thailand, including a hospital, while Bangkok called on its neighbor to “stop all the actions that violate Thailand’s sovereignty”.
What people say
The Thai Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Cambodia should “Post the responsibility of the incidents that have occurred, stop attacks against targets and military objectives and stop all the actions that violate the sovereignty of Thailand.”
Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Manet said in a letter to the UN: “Given the extremely serious recent assaults in Thailand, which seriously threatened peace and stability in the region, I seriously ask you to convene an urgent meeting of the Security Council to stop the assault of Thailand.”
What happens next
Cambodia said that it downgraded diplomatic relations, expelling the Thai ambassador and recalling all the Cambodian staff of his embassy in Bangkok.
In the midst of calls for the United Nations participation to approach the crisis, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, professor of political science at Thailand University Chulalongkorn, said CnnThe conflict is “likely to worsen before it improves”.
