Thailand-Cambodia border clash live: Thailand urges nationals to leave Cambodia after troops trade fire
Date: 2025-07-24T04:13:01.000Z
Title: Sutthirot Charoenthanasak
Content: Neighbours accuse each other of opening fire first along the border of Thailand's Surin province and Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province
Full report: Armed clashes break out between Thailand and Cambodia
Adam Fulton
Thu 24 Jul 2025 06.13 CEST
First published on Thu 24 Jul 2025 05.58 CEST
6.13am CEST
06:13
A Thai army official has been quoted by Reuters as saying the military is readying to deploy six F-16 fighter jets along the Cambodian border.
More on this when it comes to hand.
6.07am CEST
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At least two Thai civilians have been killed and two others injured by the shelling from the Cambodian side on Thursday, a Thai district official told Reuters.
About 40,000 civilians from 86 villages in Thailand have been evacuated to safer locations, the district chief of Kabcheing in Surin province, , told the news agency.
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Agence France-Presse is reporting that Thailand's embassy has urged nationals to leave Cambodia over the border clashes.
It comes after Thailand recalled its ambassador to Cambodia on Wednesday and said it would expel Cambodia's envoy in Bangkok, after a second Thai soldier in the space of a week lost a limb to a landmine in the disputed area.
5.58am CEST
05:58
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of clashes on the Thai-Cambodia border.
Thai and Cambodian soldiers have fired at each other in a contested border area on Thursday, after the nations downgraded their diplomatic relations in a rapidly escalating dispute.
It was not immediately clear if the clash was ongoing. A livestream video from Thailand's side showed people running from their homes and hiding in a concrete bunker Thursday morning as explosions sounded periodically.
The clash happened in an area where the ancient Prasat Ta Muen Thom temple stands along the border of Thailand's Surin province and Cambodia Oddar Meanchey province.
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