Six charged with terrorism over Cuba speedboat attack

Cuban prosecutors have formally charged six people with crimes of terrorism after a US-flagged speedboat was involved in a deadly shootout with Cuba’s coastguard last week.

- Guardian staff

The US-based Cuban defendants are accused of packing a boat with weapons and heading toward Cuba in hopes of destabilising the government in Havana.

The coastguard shot and killed four other people onboard the boat, which came within one nautical mile of the Caribbean island’s shores in the 25 February shootout.

At least two of those on the speedboat were US citizens, one of whom was killed.

The defendants will be “remanded into provisional detention”, the attorney general’s office said in a statement.