Coast Guard Fires Machine Guns Against Threatening Chinese Fishing Boats During Seizure
November 02 2016
For the first time, South Korea's coast guard has opened fire on Chinese fishing vessels illegally operating in the nation's exclusive economic zone, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul).
On Tuesday, the Chinese boats were seized in the Yellow Sea after a coast guard vessel armed with an M60 machine gun fired warning shots.
The coast guard detained the trawlers after firing about 700 rounds at 30 nearby fishing boats that had "rushed" the seizure, said South Korean...
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