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Bangkok Post
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Gunfire heard at border during patrol in Surin

Maj Gen Nat Sri-in, the 2nd Army Area deputy commander, speaks with a new conscript during his visit to a training unit at the Weerawatyothin military camp in Surin province on Friday. (Photo: 2nd Army Area)

Sounds of gunfire were heard while Thai troops were patrolling along the Thai-Cambodian border in Surin, but no unusual activity was detected, the Royal Thai Army said on Friday.

Army spokesman Maj Gen Winthai Suvaree said troops from Ranger Company 2603 under the Suranaree Task Force were on duty near boundary marker 18 in Kap Choeng district on Thursday when five gunshots were heard 600 metres away in an area controlled by Cambodian forces.

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