PHNOM PENH, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Defense Ministry's Undersecretary of State and spokesperson Lt. Gen. Maly Socheata said on Friday that Thai F-16 fighter jets dropped as many as 40 bombs in a border village in Banteay Meanchey province.
She said in a press briefing that the bombardment destroyed civilian houses as well as public infrastructures in Chok Chey village.
The Thai military also fired artillery shells into a civilian residential area in Poipet Municipality of Banteay Meanchey province, she added.
