PHNOM PENH: Thai forces shelled Cambodian positions overnight into Tuesday, killing two more civilians, Phnom Penh’s defense ministry said, bringing Cambodia’s civilian death toll in the reignited border conflict to six.
The Thai military fired into the border province of Banteay Meanchey after midnight, “resulting in the deaths of two civilians who were traveling on National Road 56 by shelling,” the Cambodian defense ministry said in a Facebook post.
Information minister Neth Pheaktra said that at least four Cambodian civilians were killed by Thai shelling on Monday in the provinces of Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey which also border Thailand.
Around 10 other civilians were wounded, he said on Monday.
The Thai army has said one soldier was killed and 18 others were wounded since the fresh fighting began Sunday.
