The Thailand-Cambodia border clashes increase: 14 dead, over 100,000 range between violence; Aerial attack, artillery rock area
A sharp increase in the fight between Thai and Cambodian forces killed at least 14 people and displaced more than 100,000 citizens, according to Thai officials. Violence- Small weapons, rockets, artillery, and airstrikes are involved- furious on Thursday and proceeded with a long disputed border and continued on Friday, marked the most severe conflict between two Southeast Asian neighbors in over a decade, as reported by AP.Large -scale displacement and casualties amid border bombingThe Thai Interior Ministry said the fight affected four provinces and ordered the withdrawal of citizens living within 50 km of the border. The internal ministry said that one lakh six hundred seventy people from the four border provinces were taken to shelters, while the Ministry of Health announced that the death toll was fourteen.In the Odar Meenche province, Cambodian families went away from the border, many people transporting their belongings on homemade tractors, which were before settling in the Makshift camps. “Suddenly I heard a loud noise,” the 45 -year -old mother of four said, Tep Sawan as quoted by AP. “My son told me that it could be a thunder and I felt that ‘is it thunder or it is loud, more like a gun?” At that time I was very scared. ,In Bangkok, Public Health Minister Somkese Thesutin confirmed 14 deaths, including 13 citizens and a soldier, as well as 46 injuries. He described citizens and a hospital as a Cambodian attacks, “we urge the Cambodian government to stop these war criminal functions immediately, and return to honor the principles of peaceful co -existence.”Read more: Thailand-Cambodia Clash gets faster with a rocket strike- what was it triggers? How is a Hindu temple at its centerFlawing game and diplomatic breakdownViolence followed a landmine blast on Wednesday in which five Thai soldiers were injured – an incident that triggers ambassadors removal by both sides and a sharp diplomatic result. Thai officials accused Cambodia of laying new Russian-made mines, while Cambodia dismissed claims as “baseless charges”, blaming the remaining Ordnance from previous conflicts.On Thursday, near the ancient Ta Mun Thom Temple, clashes erupted in at least six areas along the border. The Thai F -16 fighter jets carried out airstrikes in response to the Cambodian truck -mounted rockets said by the government. “This was a self -defense task,” said Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Nicordez Balanakura.The Ministry of Defense of Cambodia claimed that the air strike, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, hit a road near Priya Vihier, and swear on legal action. The Ministry of Culture of Cambodia said, “The temple was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO … and ‘Cambodian is a historical heritage of the people.”Ministry of Defense Spokesperson Lieutenant. General Mali Socheta said that Cambodia had no choice but to “protect its area against Thai dangers,” emphasizing attacks “was focused on military places, not at any other place.”International alarm and domestic collapseThe conflict attracted Swift international anxiety. According to Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq, UN Secretary -General Antonio Gutres urged both sides to “use maximum restraint and address any issue through dialogue.” Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet requested the United Nations Security Council session, which was held on Friday behind the doors closed in New York.Thailand sealed all land border crossings and advised its citizens to leave Cambodia. All seven Thai Airlines offered to help the Thai citizens to redemption.Meanwhile, the conflict has put pressure on Thailand’s domestic politics. Prime Minister Patongtern Shinavatra was suspended on 1 July amidst an investigation into morality associated with a phone call with former Cambodia leader Hun Sen.
