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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Mark Saunokonoko and agencies

What we know so far about the deadly boat shooting off Cuba’s coast

Cuban coastguard ships docked at the port of Havana.
Cuban coastguard ships docked at the port of Havana. Cuba's coastguard said on Thursday it had shot dead four people and wounded six others travelling in a US-registered speedboat. Photograph: Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images

A deadly exchange of fire between two boats off the coast of Cuba, killing four and wounding six, has raised already high tensions between Washington and Havana.

Cuba’s government said a US-registered boat was carrying 10 people, most of whom it claimed “have a known history of criminal and violent activity”. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said the US was gathering its own information but called the open sea shootout “highly unusual”.

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