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Cuba's Interior Ministry has announced that four men on a US-registered speedboat were shot and killed after being intercepted in Cuban waters.

When a Cuban boat carrying five members of the ministry's border guard approached the vessel for identification, "the crew of the violating speedboat opened fire" and wounded the Cuban commander, the statement said.

"As a consequence of the confrontation, as of the time of this report, four aggressors on the foreign vessel were killed and six injured," the statement added.

Those injured were evacuated and given medical assistance.

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[–] Astrius@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So Cuba is firing at real drug boats?

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 15 points 2 days ago

Only after being fired upon, but yes.

[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Goog point: they were pirates, not drug-runners.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They were on a speedboat coming from Florida. They had drugs on them.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

did they fall off the boat? lol