Thailand’s army said three soldiers were injured in a landmine blast near its disputed border with Cambodia, threatening a fragile ceasefire agreement between the two neighbors.

One soldier suffered a severe leg injury when he stepped on a landmine while patrolling the border in Si Sa Ket province on Saturday morning, the Royal Thai Army said in a statement. Two other soldiers sustained minor injuries, it said.

The landmine blast pointed to covert use of weapons by the Cambodian troops, Thai army spokesman Winthai Suvaree said in a statement, adding the incident poses a serious obstacle to the ceasefire and peaceful resolution of the border conflict.

The Thai government said it will be lodging a protest against Cambodia for breach of the Ottawa Convention banning use of anti-personnel m

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