Thai soldiers injured by landmine near Cambodia amid fragile ceasefire

Three Thai soldiers were injured by a landmine near the Cambodian border Saturday, the Thai army said, days after the Southeast Asian neighbors agreed to a detailed ceasefire halting last month’s deadly five-day conflict.

BANGKOK — Three Thai soldiers were injured by a landmine near the Cambodian border Saturday, the Thai army said, days after the Southeast Asian neighbors agreed to a detailed ceasefire halting last month’s deadly five-day conflict.

One soldier lost a foot and two were injured after one of them stepped on a landmine while patrolling an area between Thailand’s Sisaket and Cambodia’s Preah Vihear provinces, the army said in a statement.

The soldiers were being treated at a hospital, it said.

Thailand said the incident occurred in an area of its territory recently cleared of landmines. The foreign ministry said Bangkok would lodge a complaint against Cambodia for violating a treaty, to which both are signatories, that bans the use of landmines and for infringing Thai sovereignty.

Cambodia rejected Thailand's accusation, saying that it had not freshly planted landmines.