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Thailand ‘launches airstrikes’ on Cambodian targets<\/p>\n
The Thai army says it has launched airstrikes on two Cambodian military targets, news agencies are reporting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have used air power against military targets as planned,\u201d Thai army deputy spokesperson Richa Suksuwanon<\/strong> told reporters.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.52 EDT<\/p>\n Thailand\u2019s army said of Thursday\u2019s initial clash that its forces heard an unmanned aerial vehicle before seeing six armed Cambodian soldiers moving closer to Thailand\u2019s station.<\/p>\n It said Thai soldiers tried to shout at them to defuse the situation but the Cambodian side started to open fire, the AP reported.<\/p>\n Cambodia\u2019s defence ministry said Thailand<\/a> started the armed clash and Cambodia \u201cacted strictly within the bounds of self-defence, responding to an unprovoked incursion by Thai troops that violated our territorial integrity\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet<\/strong> has said Thailand attacked Cambodian army positions at Prasat Ta Moan Thom and Prasat Ta Krabey in Oddar Meanchey province and expanded to the area along Cambodia\u2019s Preah Vihear province and Thailand\u2019s Ubon Ratchathani province.<\/p>\n \u201cCambodia has always maintained a position of peaceful resolution of problems,\u201d he said, quoted by the Associated Press. \u201cBut in this case, we have no choice but to respond with armed force against armed aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n Both Thailand<\/a> and Cambodia have accused each other of opening fire first in a contested border area on Thursday.<\/p>\n Cambodian PM Hun Manet. Updated at\u00a000.37 EDT<\/p>\n Further to the last post, Thailand\u2019s second army region has said on social media that one F-16 has been deployed for action against Cambodia\u2019s military along their border and the fighter jet is among six being readied, Reuters is reporting.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.25 EDT<\/p>\n Thailand deploys F-16 fighters to border \u2013 military<\/p>\n Thailand\u2019s military says it has deployed F-16 fighter jets against Cambodia<\/a> in the border area, Reuters is reporting.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.20 EDT<\/p>\n A Thai army official has been quoted by Reuters as saying the military is readying to deploy six F-16 fighter jets along the Cambodian border.<\/p>\n More on this when it comes to hand.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Two killed in Cambodian shelling, says Thai official<\/p>\n At least two Thai civilians have been killed and two others injured by the shelling from the Cambodian side on Thursday, a Thai district official told Reuters.<\/p>\n About 40,000 civilians from 86 villages in Thailand<\/a> have been evacuated to safer locations, the district chief of Kabcheing in Surin province, Sutthirot Charoenthanasak<\/strong>, told the news agency.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.08 EDT<\/p>\n Thai embassy urges nationals to leave Cambodia over border clashes<\/p>\n Agence France-Presse is reporting that Thailand\u2019s embassy has urged nationals to leave Cambodia<\/a> over the border clashes.<\/strong><\/p>\n It comes after Thailand<\/a> recalled its ambassador to Cambodia on Wednesday and said it would expel Cambodia\u2019s envoy in Bangkok, after a second Thai soldier in the space of a week lost a limb to a landmine in the disputed area.<\/p>\n
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