Major General Duang Somniang, commander of the Royal Cambodian Army’s 7th Division, was reportedly killed earlier today by a Thai artillery strike during a failed Cambodian counteroffensive near the border areas of Phu Ma Kua and Chong Ta Thao—territory seized by Thai forces earlier this morning. His death marks the first confirmed loss of a flag officer since the cross-border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand erupted on Thursday.