Cuba says 4 killed on Florida-registered speedboat were attempting 'infiltration'

Six other people were wounded in the shooting and have been detained. Four people on a speedboat were killed and another six injured in a "confrontation" near Cuba's coast after those on board the United States-registered vessel opened fire on Cuban troops on Wednesday, according to the Cuban Ministry of the Interior. In a statement Wednesday night, the ministry said the 10 people aboard the speedboat were "Cuban residents of the United States," who were armed with weapons and "intended to carry out an infiltration for terrorist purposes." The U.S. government has not provided specifics about the incident. The six people who survived have been detained, the ministry said. The ministry said most of those aboard the boat "have a known history of criminal and violent activity." The Cuban government said it had also detained another man, "a citizen sent from the United States to facilitate the reception of the armed infiltration," who was arrested.

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