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.
This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies on March 24, 2024 and dated March 23, 2024 shows Chinese and Philippine ships in waters where the Philippines said the China Coast Guard blocked their supply vessel and damaged it with water cannon, during a Philippine supply mission near Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea.
National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano said three navy personnel aboard the vessel were injured in Saturday's incident. "This is just an ordinary rotation and resupply or provision operation but look at how the Chinese are reacting," Ano told reporters, according to an interview transcript shared with AFP."The actions are destabilising to the region and show clear disregard for international law," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement, reaffirming Washington's mutual defence treaty commitments to Manila.
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