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| An injured [Thai] soldier is being treated by medics as he arrives from the border clash spots. |
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| Villagers flee their villages on pickup trucks to escape a fresh round of border fighting in Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket yesterday. PHOTOS BY PHONGTHAI WATTANAVANITVUT |
Cambodia says temple damaged by artillery
7/02/2011
Bangkok Post
Fresh fighting has erupted along the border with Cambodia in Si Sa Ket’s Kantharalak district, ending a brief ceasefire.
The first shots were fired yesterday in border areas near tambon Phu Pha Mok in Kantharalak about 1.30pm.
The fighting included artillery fire and shots from small firearms and lasted about 15 minutes. No deaths or injuries were reported.
A more severe exchange began at 6.30pm and lasted until about 9.40pm, with heavy artillery fire being exchanged between Cambodian and Thai troops centred on Don-aow village in tambon Rung, Kantharalak, near Preah Vihear temple.
The Cambodian government said the 11th-century Hindu temple was damaged in the firefight.
”A wing of our Preah Vihear temple has collapsed as a direct result of the Thai artillery bombardment,” said a military commander in a statement released by Phnom Penh last night.
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