A Thai soldier was injured by a landmine close to the Cambodian border on Tuesday, the Thai military mentioned, days after the Southeast Asian neighbours agreed a ceasefire following final month’s lethal five-day battle.
The soldier’s left ankle was severely injured when he stepped on the mine whereas patrolling alongside a routine border route about 1 km (0.62 miles) from Ta Moan Thom temple in Thailand’s Surin province, the military mentioned in a press release.
The soldier is being handled at a hospital, it mentioned.
The incident is evident proof that Cambodia has violated the ceasefire in addition to worldwide agreements just like the Ottawa Conference in opposition to landmines, Thai military spokesman Main-Normal Winthai Suvaree mentioned within the assertion.
It was the fourth time in a couple of weeks that Thai troopers have been injured by mines throughout patrols alongside the border. On Saturday, three troopers have been injured by a landmine in an space between Thailand’s Sisaket and Cambodia’s Preah Vihear provinces.
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Two earlier incidents led to the downgrading of diplomatic relations and triggered the clashes.
Bangkok accused Cambodia of planting landmines on the Thai facet of the disputed border that injured troopers on July 16 and July 23.
Phnom Penh denied it had positioned any new mines, saying the troopers had veered off agreed routes and triggered outdated landmines left over from many years of battle. It mentioned on Saturday that it was a “proud state celebration” to the Ottawa Conference.
Thailand and Cambodia have bickered for many years over undemarcated factors alongside their 817-km (508-mile) land border, with possession of the traditional Hindu temples Ta Moan Thom and the Eleventh-century Preah Vihear central to the disputes.
The most recent clashes that began on July 24 have been the worst combating between the international locations in additional than a decade, and concerned exchanges of artillery hearth and jet fighter sorties that killed a minimum of 43 and left over 300,000 individuals displaced on each side.
The delicate ceasefire has been holding since Thailand and Cambodia agreed final week to permit observers from the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations to examine disputed border areas, guaranteeing that hostilities don’t resume.
