Forty-nine years ago, on October 6, 1976, a terrorist attack targeted a Cuban passenger plane departing from Barbados, resulting in the deaths of all 73 people on board. In remembrance of this tragedy, Cuba observes the Day of the Victims of State Terrorism every year on October 6. teleSUR
00:00And 49 years ago, on October 6, 1976, a terrorist attack was carried out against a Cuban plane carrying 73 passengers from Barbados.
00:08In memory of this crime, Cuba commemorates the day of the victims of state terrorism every October 6.
00:14Juana de AviaciĆ³n flight CU-455 took off from Gantley Adams Airport in Bridgenown, bound for Havana.
00:22Minutes after departure, two explosions caused the plane to crash into the sea.
00:26There were no survivors. Among the victims were 57 Cubans, 11 young Guyanese traveling to Cuba to study medicine, and five Koreans from an official delegation.
00:35Among the Cubans were 24 youth from the Cuban junior fencing team that had won the Central American Caribbean championship.
00:42Those responsible for the crime, terrorist acting on orders from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, were granted full immunity.
00:49The Cuban people remembered the attack on 5455 as one of the most inhumane acts perpetrated by imperialism against the Cuban Revolution.
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