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ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - A crewman on a Chinese vessel in Philippine waters has killed two of his colleagues with a knife, a coast guard official said Sunday. One other crew member was wounded in the attack aboard the Liberian-flagged Quing May and has been taken to hospital. The suspect is believed to still be hiding aboard the massive transport ship, which is docked at the southern port city of Zamboanga, said regional coast guard chief Lieutenant Jimmy Verbo. The vessel, operated by China's Foremost group, was transporting iron ore from Australia to China when one crewman attacked the others with a knife on Saturday while they were off the southern Philippine islands of Jolo, said Verbo. Two ship's officers were killed and an engineer was wounded, prompting the captain to call the coast guard for help, he said. The motive for the attack is still unclear. More from: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/468606/news/regions/two-dead-in-knife-attack-aboard-chinese-ship-anchored-off-zamboanga

Two Chinese sailors had died and one more was rushed Sunday to hospital from their ship off Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, police said. Police said the ship’s captain, Shengbo Wang, radioed the local Coast Guard before dawn and sought emergency medical evacuation of the injured sailor. The dead sailors had been identified as Zhang Wenju, 35, the chief cook; and Engineer Xie Zhichao. The third sailor Engineer Liao Shiguo, 49 – his body all bloodied – was brought out from the ship by police and Coast Guard personnel. Authorities have begun an investigation into the incident, according to the local Coast Guard commander Jimmy Berbo. He said the ship, MV Qing May, has 25 crew members and carrying iron ore from its last port call in Walcott, Australia and heading to the port of Majishan near Hangzhou in China when it radioed for medical assistance off the village of Sinunuc near Caldera point. “The vessel has 25 crew members and there is an ongoing investigation. The injured Liao is now in hospital while the bodies of the two others are still in the ship. We still don’t know what happened,” Berbo said. He said the ship has a Liberian flag registry. No other details were made available by security officials about what transpired in the ship. It was unknown if the police and Coast Guard informed the Chinese Embassy about the incident.