The Cuban government is reporting that four people were killed in a shootout with a small vessel off the coast of Cuba Wednesday.
The Cuban Ministry of the Interior said in a statement that people on a boat originating from the United States, with a Florida licence plate, fired on Cuban Border Guard members, injuring the commander of a Cuban vessel.
Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior says small vessel with Florida licence plate fired on Cuban guards
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Cuba says it killed four people aboard a Florida-registered speedboat that opened fire on soldiers in local waters Wednesday.
The Cuban Ministry of the Interior said in a statement that people on a boat originating from the United States, with a Florida licence plate, fired on Cuban Border Guard members, injuring the commander of a Cuban vessel.
The ministry says four people on the boat were killed in response, and six injured.
The shootout happened at Cayo Falcones, in the Corralillo municipality of the province of Villa Clara in central Cuba.
With files from CBC’s Kevin Maimann and Evan Dyer
