PCG: Viewing Ayungin incident as China armed attack a 'wrong interpretation'

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The Philippine Coast Guard on Saturday said that considering the June 17 incident in Ayungin Shoal as an armed attack would be a "wrong interpretation" of China's intentions, which was to protect what it believed was its territory.

Lucas, who chairs the newly formed National Maritime Council, had said that the incident was "probably a misunderstanding or accident."'Barbaric, inhumane'For his part, Tarriela said that the loss of a Filipino serviceman's thumb during the incident was due to the high-speed ramming of rigid hull inflatable boats and not through the Chinese's weapons.

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