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| Thai refugees gather in a holding camp after being evacuated from the scene of deadly fighting between Thai and Cambodian forces in Surin province near the border. Source: AFP |
April 25, 2011
Sian Powell in Bangkok
The Australian
TENSIONS rose in Thailand yesterday as a fiery border clash with Cambodia entered its third day and coup rumours swept Bangkok.
The fresh outbreak of fighting took place ahead of an expected announcement that the nation would go to the polls in July.
Thousands of people have been forced to flee the disputed jungle frontier after fighting broke out on Friday, shattering a tense two-month ceasefire.
Each side has accused the other of restarting the armed conflict, in which at least 11 people have been killed. Public accusations of invasion, artillery bombardment and poison gas bombing have been aired in increasingly inflamed rhetoric on both sides.
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