A US-registered speedboat entered Cuba’s waters and opened fire, a Cuban patrol boat fired back, killing four and wounding six of those aboard the US vessel, the Cuban interior ministry said, APA reports.
"In the morning of February 25, a speedboat with registration number FL7726SH, registered in Florida, USA, was stopped in the Cuban territorial waters, approaching within one nautical mile northeast of the El Pino Canal <...>, Villa Clara province. When a coast guard boat of the [Cuban] interior ministry with five soldiers approached it for identification, the intruding vessel opened fire at the Cuban military, wounding the commander of the Cuban vessel. As a result of the clash, at the time of writing, four of the attackers were killed and six were wounded," it said in a statement posted on its Facebook account.
According to the ministry, those wounded were evacuated and received medical assistance.
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