China coast guard fires water cannons at Philippine vessels in South China Sea as tensions flare

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Follow us on Image Source : AP China coast guard fires water cannons at Philippine vessels Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannons at two Philippine patrol vessels on Tuesday near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, damaging both in the latest flare-up in an increasingly tense territorial conflict. There were no immediate reports of injuries in the incident off Scarborough Shoal, one of two hotly disputed areas where confrontations between China and the Philippines have flared on and off since last year. A Philippine Coast Guard ship and an accompanying fisheries vessel were patrolling the waters off...