Opening fire between Cambodian and Thailand soldiers twice on Saturday bordering Oddar Meanchey province’s O’Smach commune, in Samrong district is over a settlement built in territory claimed by both sides.

According to the official at occurred area, the Thais opening fire with rifles and M79 grenade launchers and Cambodian troops responded with B-40 rockets and AK-47s.

Leu Chandara, deputy chief of the Thailand-Cambodia relations office at the Poipet border crossing was quoted by the Post as saying that Thai soldiers “ordered the Cambodian soldiers to remove their small, wooden houses, but our soldiers refused these demands because the houses were built in Cambodian territory.”

He added that four Thai troops were injured during a 15-minute firefight at around 7:45am and Saturday and another five-minute clash around 9:30am.

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