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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1711266583675AFP__20240323__34M67BQ__v1__HighRes__PhilippinesChinaMaritimeDiplomacy.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Philippines says three soldiers hurt by China water cannon"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="white-space:pre-wrap">This frame grab from handout aerial video footage taken and released on March 23, 2024 by the Armed Forces of the Philippines shows a China Coast Guard ship (top) deploying water cannon against the Philippine military-chartered civilian boat Unaizah May 4 during its supply mission near the Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. <em>Armed Forces of the Philippines</em></span></span></span></span></div><p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;padding:0px;border:0px;-webkit- line-height:1.3;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;widows:2">Three Philippine troops were injured in the latest China Coast Guard water cannon attack on a Filipino supply vessel near a South China Sea reef, Manila&#x27;s national security adviser said Sunday.</p><p>The Philippine government said Saturday&#x27;s confrontation caused severe damage to the Unaizah May 4 vessel while it was on its way to deliver troops and provisions to a Philippine navy ship grounded atop the Second Thomas Shoal.</p><p>China claims almost the entire South China Sea, brushing off rival claims from other countries, including the Philippines, and an international ruling that its assertion has no legal basis.</p><p>National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano said three navy personnel aboard the vessel were injured in Saturday&#x27;s incident.</p><p>The extent and nature of their injuries were not disclosed, though the military said the personnel were treated aboard a coast guard escort ship.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BJMVFFTtTSk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>Four crew members were injured by broken glass in an earlier China Coast Guard water cannon attack on the same vessel on March 5.</p><p>&quot;This is just an ordinary rotation and resupply or provision operation but look at how the Chinese are reacting,&quot; Ano told reporters, according to an interview transcript shared with AFP.</p><p>The United States, which has a mutual defence pact with Manila, has denounced the attack.</p><p>&quot;The (Chinese) actions are destabilising to the region and show clear disregard for international law,&quot; State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement, reaffirming Washington&#x27;s mutual defence treaty commitments to Manila.</p><p>The China Coast Guard has defended its actions, describing them as &quot;lawful regulation, interception and expulsion&quot; of a foreign vessel that &quot;tried to forcefully intrude&quot; into Chinese waters.</p><p>Ano said the damaged vessel has returned to the western province of Palawan after its crew managed to restart its engine.</p><p>&quot;We will not be deterred. We will not be intimidated,&quot; he said, vowing the Philippines would continue to resupply the garrison on Second Thomas Shoal.</p><p>Philippines accuses China of installing floating barriers South China Sea<strong><br/></strong></p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Three Philippine troops were injured in the latest China Coast Guard water cannon attack on a Filipino supply vessel near a South China Sea reef, Manila's national security adviser said Sunday.</p>

Three Philippine troops were injured in the latest China Coast Guard water cannon attack on a Filipino supply vessel near a South China Sea reef, Manila's national security adviser said Sunday.

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Philippines says three soldiers hurt by China water cannon

Agence France-Presse

Published March 24, 2024 04:01 PM PHT

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Updated June 10, 2024 01:04 PM PHT

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