Saturday 22 June 2024

Filipino soldiers fight off 'armed' Chinese coastguard with 'bare hands' in disputed South China Sea


Footage released by the Philippine military appeared to show the chaotic face off at the Second Thomas Shoal, with Chinese personnel brandishing machetes, axes and sticks while surrounding two Philippine navy supply boats.

Filipino soldiers used their "bare hands" to fight off armed Chinese coastguard in the disputed South China Sea, a Philippine military chief has said.

General Romeo Brawner Jr, head of the Philippine armed forces, accused Chinese personnel of boarding more than eight motorboats and repeatedly ramming, then boarding, two inflatable vessels on Monday.

read more at source - https://news.sky.com/story/filipino-soldiers-fight-off-armed-chinese-coastguard-with-bare-hands-in-disputed-south-china-sea-13155834

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