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Thailand reports first civilian death from Cambodian rocket fire

Over the past week, more than two dozen people on both sides have been reported killed, while over half a million have been displaced. The dispute centres on longstanding claims over frontier land, some containing centuries-old temple ruins

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A security volunteer stands near a bunker in the evacuation zone during the conflict in the Thai province of Buriram, 10 kilometres away from the border with Cambodia, on Saturday. PIC/AFP

A security volunteer stands near a bunker in the evacuation zone during the conflict in the Thai province of Buriram, 10 kilometres away from the border with Cambodia, on Saturday. PIC/AFP

Thailand’s Government on Sunday confirmed that a rocket attack from Cambodia killed a 63-year-old villager, marking the first civilian fatality in a week of renewed fighting along the two countries’ border, news agency AP reported.

Both the countries acknowledged that large-scale clashes, triggered by a December 7 skirmish that wounded two Thai soldiers, continued on Sunday.

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