The Philippines has said the China Coast Guard blocked a Filipino supply vessel and damaged it with water cannon near a reef off the Southeast Asian country. The Philippine military said on Saturday that the nearly hour-long attack occurred off Second Thomas Shoal in the contested South China Sea, where Chinese ships have unleashed water cannon and collided with Filipino vessels in similar stand-offs in recent months.

 

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