“MY HOUSE WAS SHAKING”
Fighting was focused on six locations, the Thai army said, with ground troops and tanks battling Cambodian forces for control of territory.
Six Thai air force jets were deployed, hitting two “Cambodian military targets on the ground”, according to Thai military deputy spokesperson Ritcha Suksuwanon.
Cambodia has not yet commented on casualties on its side. Defence ministry spokeswoman Maly Socheata refused to answer when asked about the issue at a news conference.
AFP journalists met Cambodians fleeing their villages near the Thai border to escape the fighting.
“We dare not to stay, they were fighting so bad that my house was shaking,” Say Vuthy, 36, told AFP.
“We already dug a bunker but we dared not stay because we were scared that they will keep fighting at night.”
Both sides blame the other for starting the fighting, which erupted near two temples on the border.
