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


A member of the Thailand Mine Action Centre (TMAC) demonstrates a PMN-2 mine detonation during a media visit organized by the Royal Thai Army, following a ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand, in Surin province, Thailand, August 20, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

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 tofive days of hostilities between the neighbours, which ended with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. It also sparked a diplomatic row over PMN-2s - a Soviet-origin anti-personnel mine that litters parts of Cambodia and which Phnom Penh and Bangkok have pledged by treaty not to use.

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