Wednesday, December 2, 2015

No WESCOM assets involved in shooting incident with Vietnamese fishermen

From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 2): No WESCOM assets involved in shooting incident with Vietnamese fishermen

No Western Command (WESCOM) assets took part in a shooting incident involving Filipinos and Vietnamese fishermen off the Spratly Islands last Nov. 26, WESCOM head Vice Admiral Alexander Lopez said Wednesday.

"No info yet on the incident. (and) No WESCOM assets are involved," Lopez said.

The shooting resulted in the death of one Vietnamese fisherman identified as Truong Dinh Bay.

Reportedly, a Filipino fishing boat with eight crewmen armed with three guns, boarded the Vietnamese vessel and shot dead the victim for still unknown reasons.

Lopez said they had no idea on how the Vietnamese managed to identify Filipino fishermen as the perpetrators.

Meanwhile, Philippine Navy spokesperson Col. Edgard Arevalo said they had yet received a report on the incident.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=833663

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