Thailand - Border fighting with Cambodia

(29 Aug 1997) T/I: 10:07:01
Thailand's military on Thursday (28/9) warned that it would again open fire on Cambodia's warring factions just across the border if shells unleashed during their battle landed near a Thai paratroopers' barracks. A stray shell on Wednesday (27/8) killed one Thai paratrooper and wounded two others. The Thai Foreign Ministry lodged an official protest with Cambodian authorities. The fighting spilled over into Thailand after Hun Sen's government forces launched a massive artillery barrage, followed by a ground troop movement, on the beseiged troops of ousted Cambodian First Premier Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
SHOWS:
THAILAND/CAMBODIA BORDER. 28 AUGUST, 1997
WS border crossing;
CU soldier;
MS soldiers on truck arriving at scene;
VS soldiers getting out of truck;
VS Thai soldiers;
soldier carrying planks of wood;
VS soldiers working;
MS guns PAN to soldiers;
WS soldiers walking;
VS aftermath of fighting- damaged buildings;
VS armaments at border;
WS border;
VS soldiers working in border region;
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