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China ships ram BFAR vessel

August 26, 2024

CHINA ATTACKS China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel 4202 drenches the BRP Datu Sanday with its water cannon blasts, which at times threaten to break the windows of the vessel run by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), while CCG ship 21551 takes its turn ramming the BFAR ship during the attack by China's vessels at Escoda (Sabina) Shoal on Sunday. —SCREENGRAB BY NESTOR CORRALES

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NEWS

China ships ram, blast water at BFAR vessel

ABOARD BRP DATU SANDAY, WEST PHILIPPINE SEA—It was as if a typhoon slammed into this Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel after five China Coast Guard (CCG) ships fired water cannons at the fishery agency's boat for about an hour and rammed it six times near Escoda (Sabina) Shoal.

By Nestor Corrales

WORLD

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