3 Filipino fishermen injured in water cannon clash with China Coast Guard

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• Two (Filipino fishing boats) also suffered significant damage from high-pressure water cannon blasts,” said Commodore Jay Tarriela. More from World China says it drove away Philippine aircraft, vessels near disputed South China Sea shoals Philippines says Chinese flares fired at patrol plane over disputed South China SeaHe added that small Chinese rigid hull inflatable vessels had also “deliberately cut the anchor lines of several (boats)”. Escalating maritime confrontationsIn a statement released on Saturday, the China Coast Guard said it had taken “necessary control measures against the Philippine vessels … including issuing warnings via loudspeaker and conducting external manoeuvring to drive them away”. A video released by the Philippine side showed water cannon blasts crashing over small fishing boats.
• Tarriela told AFP that the high-powered streams had “destroyed wooden structures” on the vessels. The Chinese Embassy in Manila did not immediately reply to requests for comment. The incident is the latest in a series of confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the disputed waterway, which Beijing claims nearly in its entirety despite an international ruling that its assertion has no legal basis. Quick ReadsView AllNorth Korea admits sending troops to Russia’s Kursk region to clear minesUS envoy to hold Ukraine peace talks with Zelensky and European leaders in BerlinIn October, the Philippines accused a Chinese ship of deliberately ramming one of its government vessels in the Spratly Islands, an allegation Beijing rejected, blaming Manila for the incident. A month earlier, one person was injured when a water cannon attack by a China Coast Guard vessel shattered a window on the bridge of another fisheries bureau vessel near the Beijing-controlled Scarborough Shoal. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADFollow Firstpost on Google.
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