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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana

Cuba vows to fight ‘terrorist aggression’ after attack from US-registered boat

Miguel Díaz-Canel
Cuba’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, arrives for a meeting with the UN secretary-general at the UN headquarters in November 2019. Photograph: Jason DeCrow/AP

Cuba has vowed to defend itself against any “terrorist and mercenary aggression”, a day after border guards said they had killed four exiles on a Florida-registered speedboat that opened fire on a patrol.

Cuba’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, wrote on X that the Caribbean country would “defend itself with determination and firmness” after the incident in which six other people on the boat were injured.

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