At least four civilians were killed and nine others injured in attacks by the Thai army in connection with clashes at the border in Cambodia, said Cambodian Information Minister Neth Pheaktra on Monday (August 12, 2025).
The official assured in a message on Telegram that the Thai military, which it said launched air operations today against military targets in Cambodia, fired in three border areas where civilians are located: Preah Vihear, Oddar Meanchey and Beanteay Meanchey.
These attacks, he added, violate the peace agreement that both countries concluded in Malaysia last October under the mediation of US President Donald Trump.
In this regard, Cambodian Defense Ministry spokesman Maly Socheata denounced in a televised statement that the Thai armed forces had “fired on innocent civilians” and “indiscriminately and brutally attacked civilian residential areas using small and heavy weapons” in at least two villages in Beanteay Meanchey.
The spokesman described these attacks as “brutal, barbaric and belligerent acts of war.”
Thailand said it “will not tolerate violations of its sovereignty”
For his part, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnirakul said today that his country “never wanted violence nor has it initiated aggression,” but, he added, “it will not tolerate violations of its sovereignty and will respond with reason, caution and peace.”
According to Thailand, one Thai soldier was killed and seven people were injured in attacks by the Cambodian side.
“The government is ready to take all necessary measures to safeguard national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity,” emphasized Anutin, who expressed condolences to the family of the deceased soldier.
In mid-November, Anutin temporarily suspended the peace agreement after a firefight at the border following a landmine incident.
The clashes displaced thousands of people in towns near the border, some 520 miles (820 kilometers) long, where both governments ordered hundreds of schools to close.
Bangkok and Phnom Penh are engaged in a historic territorial dispute over the sovereignty of some areas on their border that were mapped by France in 1907 when Cambodia was its colony.
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