Probe launched into reported incident of tourist boat hit by mortar: Defense ministry

The Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Friday night that an investigation was being carried out into a reported incident of a whale-watching boat being hit by a mortar hours earlier, off Taiwan's east coast, near an area where a military drill was being conducted.

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