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May 3, 2007, 17:11 GMT

Two dead in attempted Cuban plane hijacking

Havana - At least two Cuban military conscripts who had fled from their military unit attempted to hijack a civilian airplane in Havana on Thursday, in an incident that left at least two people dead, airport sources said. The conscripts managed to get to the runway in a bus, and a shootout with police followed, leaving at least one attacker and one police officer dead, sources said. The incident has not been officially confirmed by Cuban authorities. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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