A Thai soldier was wounded and a Cambodian shot three times when fighting broke out near a disputed border-area temple this week, a media report said Wednesday.
Cambodian officials and civilians remain on guard at a stairway to the Preah Vihear temple on the border area in Si Sa Ket’s Kantharalak district. (Bangkok Post photo)
The clash was the first since May's military coup. The Phnom Penh Post reported it was unclear which side opened fire first in Monday's incident near the disputed ancient temple of Preah Vihear.
Cambodian Gen Chea Tara was quoted as saying the situation had now normalized.
Cambodia's porous border with Thailand has long been a bone of contention. The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the Preah Vihear temple, around 400 kilometres north of Phnom Penh, was Cambodian territory.
The area surrounding the clifftop temple is still disputed.
The Cambodian government had strong ties to the overthrown government of former Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra, but has tried to maintain friendly relations with the junta since it came to power in May.