HAVANA.- The Cuban embassy in the United States was object of an armed aggression by an unidentified individual, denounced on Twitter Bruno Rodriguez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean island.

Rodriguez reported that the mission personnel were undamaged and safe, and noted that the investigation is ongoing.

The individual was captured by local police at the scene and is in custody. The Cuban government awaits the corresponding investigation by the US authorities on the identity and motivations of the author of this attack, as well as on the circumstances surrounding the act. The State Department is
aware of what happened.

It is an obligation of United States to adopt all the appropriate measures to protect the premises of an accredited diplomatic mission in their country against any intrusion or damage and to avoid that the tranquility of the mission is disturbed or its dignity is violated.