Death toll in Thailand rises to 14 in border clashes with Cambodia: Official

Fourteen Thai people were killed and 46 others injured in military clashes near the Thailand-Cambodia border, the deputy spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Health said.

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Cambodia had not released any information on its casualties as of Thursday evening, Xinhua news agency reported.

In Bangkok, Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin confirmed 14 deaths, including 13 civilians and one soldier, along with 46 injuries.

He condemned what he described as Cambodian attacks on civilians and a hospital: “We urge the Cambodian government to immediately halt these war criminal actions, and return to respecting the principles of peaceful coexistence." an incident that The violence followed a landmine blast on Wednesday that wounded five Thai soldiers triggered the expulsion of ambassadors by both sides and a sharp diplomatic fallout.

Thai officials accused Cambodia of laying new Russian-made mines, while Cambodia dismissed the claims as "baseless accusations", blaming leftover ordnance from past conflicts.