Landmines that sparked the Thai-Cambodia clash were likely newly laid, experts say

A GPS device next to a PMN-2 mine that Thailand says it found near a forested disputed border between Thailand and Cambodia in the Chong Bok area. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH (Reuters): Thai Army Second Lieutenant Baramee Sricha was on a patrol near a disputed stretch of the border between Thailand and Cambodia on July 16, when a member of his team stepped on a landmine that detonated, severing his ankle.

The incident was a catalyst for five days of hostilities between the neighbours, which ended with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.