G OVERNMENT soldiers killed three villagers and wounded three more after
demanding a chicken, a human-rights NGO reported.
Six men from 22
Battalion were responsible for the atrocity in Ban Teay village Kratie province,
a report by Human Rights Vigilance of Cambodia said.
Witnesses said the
soldiers became angry after they were not fed, accused the villagers of being
Khmer Rouge and opened fire with AK-47s.