US EditionCuba Says Its Forces Killed 4 After Gunmen Aboard Florida-Registered Boat Opened Fire
Cuban forces killed four and wounded six in an armed interception of a Florida-registered speedboat carrying alleged terrorists, amid heightened US-Cuba tensions and an oil blockade.
- On Wednesday, Cuba's Interior Ministry says it intercepted Florida-registered speedboat FL7726SH near Cayo Falcones, neutralizing it after entering Cuban waters with 10 armed people.
- Preliminary statements from detainees indicate the group intended a terrorist infiltration, and the ministry says suspects are Cuban nationals residing in the United States, with Duniel Hernández Santos arrested inside Cuba.
- Cuban authorities say they seized assault rifles, handguns, Molotov cocktails, bulletproof vests, telescopic sights and camouflage after a Cuban Border Guard Troops surface unit approached the boat and people aboard opened fire, wounding the commander of the Cuban vessel.
- The clash left four people killed, six people injured, and six detainees identified by name including Amijail Sánchez González and others; Michel Ortega Casanova was identified among the dead.
- U.S. officials including Vice President JD Vance say they are monitoring the situation while the U.S. embassy in Havana investigates, and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier directs a multi-agency probe involving the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Coast Guard.
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The four people shot dead on an American motorboat were infiltrators with terrorist motives, the Cuban government claims. Several weapons and Molotov cocktails were found on board. “We will find out exactly what happened here and respond accordingly,” says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Four occupants of a Florida-registered boat were killed by the Cuban Coast Guard on Wednesday morning. Havana referred to an attempt to "terrorist infiltration" in a tense environment between the two countries.
Four people died when Cuba opened fire on an American boat on Wednesday. Cuban authorities now say that Cubans living in the United States were on the boat - and that they intended to infiltrate the homeland for terrorist purposes, reports the BBC.
Cuba says slain suspects on speedboat had ‘terrorist’ intentions
The Cuban government said on Wednesday that 10 people aboard a Florida-registered speedboat that entered Cuban waters and opened fire on a Cuban patrol were armed with assault rifles and had “terrorist” intentions, according to official media.
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