WORLD : Seven Cubans Break Into Czech Embassy, Take Envoys Hostage
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia — Seven Cubans broke into the Czechoslovak Embassy in Havana today and took four diplomats hostage, the state CTK news agency reported.
The Mexican government news agency Notimex, in a report from Havana, said the seven demanded a plane to take them to the United States.
The incident came after five Cubans seeking asylum occupied the apartment of the charge d’affaires Friday and held him hostage for a few hours.
Charge d’affaires Jan Doemoek was among the diplomats CTK said are being held hostage today.
According to the report, the seven Cubans broke into the embassy building this morning and took the diplomats hostage as they were holding a meeting.
It said that the diplomats held hostage include, in addition to Doemoek, a commercial counselor, a press secretary and a Foreign Ministry official who had come to Havana to help negotiate a solution for the 12 Cubans who have sought refuge in the embassy over the past week.
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