Phnom Penh, Dec. 17 (Prensa Latina) Attacks against Cambodia launched more than a week ago by Thai military forces have left 17 civilians killed, including a baby, according to a statement published on the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense website.

The ministry added that, in addition to serious damage, the armed aggression injured 77 civilians and displaced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.

The ministry also called on the international community to “strongly condemn Thailand’s violations of the Joint Declaration and its repeated war crimes and illegal activities,” and demanded that the neighboring nation “assume full responsibility for these blatant violations.”

Cambodia urged Thailand to immediately cease all hostile activities, withdraw its forces from its territory, and refrain from acts of aggression that threaten peace and stability in the region, the statement added.

Meanwhile, at a press conference Lieutenant General Maly Socheata, spokesperson for the Kingdom’s Ministry of National Defense, revealed that Thai forces deployed a new weapon, identified as the DTI-2, in their attacks against Cambodia’s territorial integrity.

She detailed that the new weapon was used to launch attacks on the battlefields of Preah Vihear province.

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