Cuba confirms fifth casualty in speedboat attack


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 Avila ⁠Alvarez died ⁠on March 4 in the hospital, ⁠the ‌Cuban authorities said, where he was ⁠being held after being injured ​in ‌an incident last week in ⁠which ​Cuban forces killed four Cuban nationals and wounded six ⁠others aboard a speedboat ​that entered Cuban waters.

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