Land mine explosions wounded two Thai soldiers Monday near the border with Cambodia, army officials said, three days after both sides exchanged gunfire near a disputed 11th century temple, reported ap. One of the Thai paramilitary troopers lost both legs after stepping on a mine, said Lt. Col Pichit Nakkarun. Another soldier rushed to help his colleague and triggered a second explosion that blew off one of his legs, Pichit said. Pichit said the soldiers were in Thailand's Sisaket province, not far from the border and near where soldiers briefly clashed Friday. «It is unclear whether it was a land mine that has been there for a long time or whether it was newly planted in the area,» Pichit said.
