CORRECTED-Cuba confirms fifth casualty in speedboat attack
ReutersMar 6, 2026 2:49 AM
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.
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