Three Thai soldiers were injured by a terrestrial mine on Saturday while patrolling a border area near Cambodia, said the Thai army in a statement, days after the two neighbors accepted a stop the detailed fire after a violent five -day conflict last month.
A soldier lost one foot and two were injured after one of them stepped on a land mine while patrolling an area between the provinces of Preah Vihear of Cambodia and Cambodia.
“The soldiers are being treated in a hospital,” said the army.
Thailand said that the incident took place within its territory and in an area recently clear from land mines. He added that he would file a complaint against Cambodia for violating a treaty that prohibits the use of land mines and to violate Thai sovereignty, said the Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement.
Both Thailand and Cambodia are signatory to the Ottawa convention against land mines.
The Ministry of Defense of Cambodia said on Saturday that “it has not yet received a clear confirmation of the Cambodian first line forces with respect to the explosion,” and added that its army has strictly respected the spirit of the high fire.
The incident is the third time in a few weeks that Thai soldiers have been injured by mines while patroling along the border. Two previous incidents led to the degradation of diplomatic relations and triggered five days of violent clashes.
The residents of Southeast Asia were involved in mortal border clashes from July 24 to 28, in the worst fighting between the two in more than a decade. The exchanges of artillery and combat rooms were charged at least 43 lives and left more than 300,000 people displaced on both sides.
The fragile fire has been high since Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Thursday to allow the observers of the Southeast Asian Nations Association to inspect border areas in dispute to ensure that hostilities do not resume.
Bangkok previously accused Cambodia of planting land mines on the Thai side of the border in dispute that the injured soldiers on July 16 and 23. Phnom Penh denied having placed new mines and said that the soldiers had diverted the agreed routes and caused old land mines that left their decades of war.
