Friday, November 24, 2000, updated at 08:28(GMT+8)
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Four Killed in Fierce Fire-Exchange in Phnom Penh
Four members of an anti- government armed group were killed and 14 were arrested by the police in a fierce fire-exchange in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh early Friday Morning, police said.
More than 20 members of the so-called "Free Vietnam" penetrated into Phnom Penh on Thursday evening. The police searched the whole city for the armed group, discovered and surrounded them at a nearby train station. The armed group resisted and exchanged fire with the police. The fighting lasted for a half hour and extended to other streets in Phnom Penh near the train station.
Seven police officers were injured during the fire-exchange. The police were searching the remanent members of the armed group who were trying to flee for the border area in the north, according to the police sources.
Four members of an anti- government armed group were killed and 14 were arrested by the police in a fierce fire-exchange in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh early Friday Morning, police said.