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Eder Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.
Cuba's Interior Ministry says the boat entered into Cuban waters and when border troops approached, the occupants opened fire.
Cuban troops returned fire, killing four people and injuring six.
The Cuban government says the men on board were Cubans living in Florida planning terrorist attacks on the island.
Kiki Naranjo is a friend of one of the survivors and says none of the men were terrorists.
They are all men who want Cuba to be free, he says, but they grew tired of promises by politicians.
Naranjo and his friend run a group that he says wanted to sabotage the government from the inside.
says it will investigate and react appropriately.
Eder Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.
Hey, good morning, Michelle.
Well, the Cuban government says this boat was registered in Florida and it ventured into Cuban territorial waters.
They say when Cuban border troops approached the vessel, the people on board opened fire.
Cuban troops then returned fire, killing four people on that boat and injuring the other six.
The Cuban government also said the captain of its vessel was injured.
Cuba's Interior Ministry says that the men on the boats had, quote, terrorist intent.
They said they recovered assault rifles, handguns, and Molotov cocktails.
Yeah, the Cuban government says that some of these people were known to them.
They were Cubans living in the U.S., and some of them had been designated as terrorists by the Cuban government.