China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels on Tuesday fired water cannon at a Philippine civilian vessel en route to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal for a resupply mission, GMA Integrated News' Raffy Tima reported on Super Radyo dzBB.
China Coast Guard vessels on Tuesday fired water cannon at Philippine civilian vessels en route to Panatag Shoal for a resupply mission, GMA Integrated News' Raffy Tima reported on Super Radyo dzBB.Tima, who was covering the mission, said the Philippine Coast Guard vessel, BRP Bagacay, sustained damage in its canopy and steel railing due to the water cannon attack by two large CCG vessels.
The CCG did not provide additional information, according to the report from Chinese state media broadcaster CCTV, but the incident was the latest to occur between the two countries at the disputed atoll in the South China Sea.Beijing and Manila have repeatedly clashed in recent months at the submerged reef, which Philippines says is in its exclusive economic zone but which China also claims as its own.
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