Buddhist monks visit the Preah Vihear temple in the Cambodian province of Preah Vihear in July 2008. Cambodian and Thai troops have fought heavy gunbattles on their disputed border as months of tensions boiled over, leaving two soldiers dead just days before a key regional summit.
(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)The Nation
Si Sa Ket - Cambodian troops opened fire twice at Thai troops at the border here Saturday afternoon.
No one was injured in the shootings, seen as attempts to provoke the Thai troops.
At 11:30 am, a Cambodian soldier fired over ten shots of AK-47 assault rifle from in front of Preah Vihear temple into a ground in from of Mor Edaeng Cliff, prompting paramilitary troopers there to run for cover.
A Cambodian troop was then heard shouting, the gun accidentally fired.
Then at 12:45 pm, Thai paramilitary troopers stationed on a base on the cliff heard an artillery fire from the Cambodian soil, prompting them to run for cover.
Thai troops were instructed not to return fire.
The Nation
Si Sa Ket - Cambodian troops opened fire twice at Thai troops at the border here Saturday afternoon.
No one was injured in the shootings, seen as attempts to provoke the Thai troops.
At 11:30 am, a Cambodian soldier fired over ten shots of AK-47 assault rifle from in front of Preah Vihear temple into a ground in from of Mor Edaeng Cliff, prompting paramilitary troopers there to run for cover.
A Cambodian troop was then heard shouting, the gun accidentally fired.
Then at 12:45 pm, Thai paramilitary troopers stationed on a base on the cliff heard an artillery fire from the Cambodian soil, prompting them to run for cover.
Thai troops were instructed not to return fire.
The Nation
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