Latest clashes on the Thailand Cambodia border kill 14 people
發佈日期: 2025-07-25 20:34
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Tens of thousands of people have sought refuge as border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia entered a second day, heightening fears of a broader conflict. At least 14 people, mostly civilians, have been killed.
The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on the crisis in New York later today.
This as Malaysia, which chairs a regional bloc that includes both countries, called for an end to hostilities, and offered to mediate.
Tracey Furniss has more.
Loud gunfire rocked this Thai village in Surin province. Villagers fleeing their homes. Many sheltering in these concrete bunkers. and these displaced villagers fleeing at night in homemade tractors.
Similar scenes in Cambodia's Oddar Meanchay province where sounds of gunfire was also heard.
These border villages are in the firing line with both sides firing small arms, artillery and rockets, in the latest border clash between Thailand and Cambodia.
This local Cambodian man said he was worried when the fighting broke out "first about my livelihood, and second about my children's education, and even looking after the cattle was difficult because all my children have fled."
Few remain here and those still around have packed their bags ready to leave. Several hundred have fled to a remote Buddhist temple in Oddar Meanchey Province, makeshift tents were set up. One 74-year-old refugee pleaded with both governments to negotiate a settlement to end the conflict.
Jerry Harmer at The Associated Press said: "This current crisis began brewing in February, when a group of Cambodians went to disputed territory and sang a patriotic song. Well that ended peacefully but in May, in another area, troops from both sides opened fire at each other and one Cambodian soldier was killed. The tension ratcheted up and despite saying they were working to de-escalate, things never really relaxed."
Thailand's acting prime minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, condemned Cambodia's "provocations". He described the ongoing situation as a "clash", not a declaration of war, and criticized Cambodia's use of force.
