In the night from Wednesday to Thursday, a border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia was flared up. International press agencies report this. According to local authorities, two civilians have fallen in Thailand. In addition, both Thai civilians and two Thai soldiers were injured. There would also have been a Thai hospital by Cambodian attacks. Thirty thousand to forty thousand people in the Thai province of Surin have been evacuated.
Thailand has now closed all border posts with Cambodia. The conflict would have flared around a disputed piece of territory near a temple, located on the Thai Eastern border and the Cambodian Northern Border.
Thailand used F-16 fighter aircraft early on Thursday morning, the Thai army says. Six planes would have dropped several bombs on Cambodian territory. The Cambodian Ministry of Defense has responded to that action and speaks of ‘cruel and illegal military aggression’.