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Philippines Says One Injured In China Coast Guard Water Cannon Attack

Infographic showing Scarborough Shoal and other islands and reefs in the disputed South China Sea. (Credit: AFP)

The Philippines said one person was injured Tuesday when a water cannon attack by a China Coast Guard vessel shattered a window on the bridge of a fisheries bureau ship near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.

Two Chinese ships used water cannons while in pursuit of the BRP Datu Gumbay Piang as it delivered rations to Filipino fishermen near the Beijing-controlled Scarborough Shoal, a Philippine Coast Guard spokesman said in a statement.

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