(Corrects surname in paragraph 2 to Alvarez Avila, not Avila Alvarez) HAVANA, March 5 (Reuters) – A fifth casualty from last week’s speedboat attack on Cuba has been confirmed, the Cuban interior ministry said on Thursday night. Roberto Alvarez Avila died on March 4 in the hospital, the Cuban authorities said, where he was being […]
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(Corrects surname in paragraph 2 to Alvarez Avila, not Avila Alvarez)
HAVANA, March 5 (Reuters) – A fifth casualty from last week’s speedboat attack on Cuba has been confirmed, the Cuban interior ministry said on Thursday night.
Roberto Alvarez Avila died on March 4 in the hospital, the Cuban authorities said, where he was being held after being injured in an incident in which Cuban forces killed four Cuban nationals and wounded six others aboard a speedboat that entered Cuban waters.
(Reporting by Dave Sherwood; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)