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17 die as fighting rages on border : Tanks, planes inflict heavy losses on Khmers

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Record ID :
លេខឯកសារ :
N00032
N00032
Title of Doc / Book :
17 die as fighting rages on border : Tanks, planes inflict heavy losses on Khmers
Language of Doc / Book :
eng
Country of Publication :
TH
Geographic Area Code :
a-th---, a-cb---
Location of Doc / Book :
US, CtY-CGP, Document no.: N00032
Collation :
3p
Publication Area / Publisher / Date :
Bangkok, Post Publishing Plc, 19770722
Physical Description :
Newspaper
Data Info Note
Availability / Reproduction :
Sold to the public
Copy in Hand (Physical Qualities) :
print
Piece Item In :
Bangkok Post, July 22, 1977
Place Notes
Alleged Victim Names Cited :
Prasit Saengrungruang ; Prachuab Rujingern ; Anek Areeraj ; Lt Prayoon Dharmawongsa
Doc Notes
Summary / Abstract :
Seventeen Thai Border Patrol Policemen and soldiers died in a fight with the Khmer Rouge on the border of Aranyaprathet District of Prachinburi Province. About 40 others, including three jounalists, w ere wounded. The Thai army seized 46 dead Khmer Rouge bodies and their weapons. Thai villagers wanted strong retaliation against the Khmer Rouge. An eyewitness said the Khmer Rouge came by the hundred s and started to spray a hail of bullets, bombarding Thai villages with all kinds of grenades. The intrusion lasted for 17 hours. Another survivor said he heard the Khmer Rouge shouting in Thai that t hey would kill all the Thais.
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