Thursday, April 28, 2011

Thai-Cambodia artillery duels continue for 7th day as death toll rises to 15

Thursday, April 28, 2011
By Thanyarat Doksone
The Associated Press

PHANOM DONGRAK, Thailand — Artillery fire boomed across the Thai-Cambodian frontier for a seventh day Thursday as fierce border clashes erupted again between the two neighbours and the death toll rose to 15.

Loud explosions could be heard since dawn in Phanom Dongrak, a village about 12 miles (20 kilometres) from the border, an Associated Press reporter said.

In Cambodia, field commander Col. Suos Sothea said the fighting was centring again around the ruins of two crumbling stone temples from the Khmer Empire at Ta Moan and Ta Krabey, which have been caught in crossfire since last Friday.

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