SISAKET, Thailand: Cambodia and Thailand each said the other had launched artillery attacks across contested border areas early on Sunday, hours after US President Donald Trump said the leaders of both countries had agreed to work on a ceasefire.
Four days after the worst fighting in more than a decade broke out between the Southeast Asian neighbors, the death toll stood above 30, mainly civilians. More than 130,000 people have been evacuated from border areas in the two countries.
Cambodia’s Defense Ministry said Thailand had shelled and launched ground assaults on Sunday morning at a number of points, including in Phnom Kmoach, which borders Thailand’s coastal Trat province. The ministry’s spokesperson said heavy artillery was fired at temple complexes.
The Thai army said Cambodia had fired shots into several areas, including near civilian homes, early on Sunday. The governor of Surin said artillery shells had been fired into the province, damaging a house and killing some livestock.
In the Thai province of Sisaket, Reuters reporters heard shelling early on Sunday and said it was unclear which side of the border it was on.
