Overview
- A Thai soldier patrolling about 1 km from the Ta Moan Thom temple in Surin province was seriously injured by a landmine and is receiving hospital treatment.
- The Thai army accused Cambodia of covertly planting new mines in breach of the July ceasefire and the Ottawa Convention and warned it may exercise its right of self-defence.
- Cambodia’s Defense Ministry categorically rejected the allegations, saying it has not laid new mines and highlighting its ongoing demining of legacy ordnance.
- It was the fourth landmine incident in recent weeks and the second since the late-July truce, underscoring the ceasefire’s fragility.
- ASEAN observers are monitoring the dispute under the Malaysia-brokered ceasefire to prevent renewed hostilities, though fresh blasts and military warnings put the truce at risk.