This screengrab from aerial video footage taken and released on Mar 23, 2024 by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, shows a vessel described by the Philippine armed forces as a China Coast Guard ship 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.
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. The extent and nature of their injuries were not disclosed, though the military said the personnel were treated aboard a coast guard escort ship.Four crew members were injured by broken glass in an earlier China Coast Guard water cannon attack on the same vessel on Mar 5.
The China Coast Guard has defended its actions, describing them as"lawful regulation, interception and expulsion" of a foreign vessel that"tried to forcefully intrude" into Chinese waters.
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