Fighting at Ta Krabey temple continues on Tuesday

Thai troops dragging what appear to be the body of a dead Cambodian soldier killed during the fighting on 28th April.

Fighting between Cambodian and Thai troops at Ta Krabey temple has continued into its 12th day despite numerous ceasefire agreements at local level.
Cambodian troops have accused Thai troops of violating the ceasefire agreements and launched an attacked against them on a daily basis.
Cambodian troops told DAP News that the fighting started again last night, Monday 2nd May, when Thai troops thrown hand grenades at Cambodian troops and fired mortar and artillery rockets into Cambodian territory at 10pm. The Thai shelling lasted until 5am on Tuesday morning, 3rd May.
Cambodian troops said they have used self-defence rights and fought back fiercely after they had shown the utmost restraint by not responding to continued Thai attacks in the last few days after the ceasefires.
No casualty was reported on either side.
Kampuchea Thmey reported that there was fierce fighting on Sunday night, it ended at 7:45am on Monday morning. However, a Thai fighter jet was still flying over the area menacingly. It also reported that the ceasefire agreements reached during talks at local level at Ta Moan Thom temple and Thmor Daun village on Sunday, 1st May, have been broken by the Thai side after Thai troops launched an attack on Cambodian troops again on Sunday night and Monday morning.
On another development, the Cambodian Ministry of Defence has issued a statement denying a Thai claim that Cambodian troops had abandoned two dead Cambodian soldiers to rot in the jungle. The Thai military had released two photos showing Thai soldiers dragging and carrying what appear to be two dead Cambodian soldiers left behind by their comrades. The Cambodian Ministry of Defence's statement has denied the Thai claim and said: "These are information and pictures made up entirely for political gain. "
Kampuchea Thmey has also reported that the Cambodian government has allowed some of the 45,200 evacuees displaced by the fighting to return homes. Oddar Meanchey provincial governor, Mr. Pich Sokhin, told Kampuchea Thmey that the government has allowed some of the evacuees from O'Smach and the other areas to return homes. However, people displaced from areas near Ta Krabey and Ta Moan Thom temples, where tensions are still high and fighting are still raging every day and night, will not be allowed to return to their homes yet.

Source: DAP News