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Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp rebuffs claims from the French that their warship was carrying out a "training exercise" as he alleges the warship “fired seventeen warning shots” as he was giving an interview in the Channel. "There were no warning signs or symbols displayed on the French vessel. It certainly felt to me like it was intimidating," Mr Philp adds. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well there was no suggestion there was a training exercise in progress, there were no warning signs or symbols displayed
00:05on the French vessel, there was no notice there was a training exercise in progress, there were no warnings on
00:10the VHS radio channels either.
00:12They came very close to our boat and the only shots that were fired were sharp fired in close proximity
00:19to our vessel, so I don't believe it was a training exercise. It may have been the French officer acting
00:24of his own initiative, but it certainly felt to me like it was intimidating.

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