Florida Couple Slain in Cuba
Five people, including a couple visiting from South Florida and their 8-year-old grandson, were killed by attackers in a suspected robbery, Cuban government sources confirmed Tuesday.
Four victims were identified as members of the same family and the fifth as a friend who was driving the car. One morgue employee said they were shot.
A man answering the phone at the forensic services office in the central province of Matanzas confirmed that five people had been slain. He provided no details except to say he had seen nothing like it before in Cuba, where killings are uncommon.
Multiple killings are almost unheard of, and slayings of visitors to the country are extremely rare.
Government sources privately confirmed the victims were slain while driving east from Havana to visit relatives in Santa Clara.
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