The alleged leader of a hostage-taking raid on an international school near Cambodia’s famed Angkor temples today denied in court that he killed a Canadian boy, saying he died from a bullet fired from outside the school.

A British girl and two Irish youngsters are recovering tonight after a terrifying armed school siege in Cambodia in which a fellow kindergarten pupil was killed, officials confirmed.

Six masked gunmen stormed an international school in Cambodia today, seizing dozens of young children from several countries.