Sea marshal wounded in attack

ZAMBOANGA CITY: A sea marshal was wounded after a man attacked him with a knife during a security inspection on board a passenger vessel sailing to this city from Sulu, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Monday.

It said the attacker, Juldi Mahbud, was shot dead by responding sea marshals deployed to guard MV Ever Queen of Asia. The attack happened on Friday while the vessel was sailing to Zamboanga from the island town of Siasi in Sulu.