Cambodia and Thailand open hostilities
20:15, 3 April 2009
BANGKOK. April 3. KAZINFORM. The Cambodian military reported the beginning of hostilities on the border with Thailand.
"The opponents are exchanging artillery strikes and gunfire," a Cambodian government spokesman said on Friday.
A shootout in the area of the disputed temple of Preah Vihear began at 14:00, local time. A report said two Cambodian servicemen had been killed; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.