BANGKOK, April 3 (Reuters) - One Thai soldier was killed and seven others wounded on Friday in fighting with Cambodian troops near a disputed Hindu temple on their border, a Thai general said.

Second Army commander Wiboonsak Neepan told Reuters the soldier died from a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Cambodian troops in an afternoon clash near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple. (Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpant; Writing by Darren Schuettler; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

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