Cuba files terrorism charges against suspects over fatal US boat shooting

Weapons that Cuban authorities say were recovered from a speedboat (Ramon Espinosa/AP)

Cuba has filed terrorism charges against six suspects it claims were aboard a Florida-flagged speedboat that is alleged to have opened fire on soldiers in waters off the island’s north coast.

The Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that the suspects, of Cuban origin, remain in pretrial detention, adding that it will ensure “due process” as it continues to act “in defence of our people and the country’s institutions”.