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Pam CASTRO

Philippines Accuses Chinese Coast Guard Of Shooting Water Cannon At Its Boats

Footage from the Philippine Coast Guard shows a Chinese Coast Guard ship using a water cannon on a Philippine vessel near Scarborough Shoal (Credit: AFP)

The Philippines accused the Chinese coast guard on Saturday of using water cannons to "obstruct" three government boats delivering provisions to Filipino fishermen near a reef off its coast.

The incident happened near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal, a flashpoint between Manila and Beijing, which claims almost the entirety of the South China Sea.

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