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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Congress hears testimony on Russia’s sonic attacks on US officials in Havana

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The US embassy in Havana. The phenomenon was first reported in 2016 by diplomats in Cuba’s capital complaining of brain injuries, hearing loss, vertigo and strange auditory sensations. Photograph: Ismael Francisco/AP

Russia has “targeted and neutralized” dozens of US intelligence agents in recent years in a covert worldwide operation using sonic weapons, a House committee heard on Wednesday as it looked into the mystery phenomenon known as Havana syndrome.

The panel heard from expert witnesses that Russia had “the motive, the means and the opportunity” to enact the attacks on US diplomats and other government employees at embassies and other government outposts that left many with debilitating or career-ending brain injuries and hearing loss.

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