Three Thai civilians were killed as heavy fighting flared again along Thailandβs border with Cambodia, the Thai military said Thursday, marking the first civilian deaths since clashes resumed.
The renewed hostilities erupted after a Sunday skirmish that wounded two Thai soldiers and shattered a U.S.-brokered cease-fire backed by President Donald Trump. The truce had paused five days of clashes in July over longstanding territorial disputes.
Roughly two dozen people have been killed in the latest wave of violence, and hundreds of thousands on both sides of the frontier have fled to temporary shelters or sought refuge with relatives.
In a statement, the Thai army said Cambodian forces launched artillery and mortar attacks late Wedn
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