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Oct 06, 2017 News
Forty-one years after a terrorist bomb exploded on Cubana Airline Flight 455, causing it to crash into the sea off the coast of St. James, Barbados, killing all 73 of the passengers and crew, President of the Guyana Cuba Solidarity Movement (GCSM) Haleem Khan is repeating calls for the rejection and condemnation of all acts of terrorism.
“We refuse to forget; we demand justice in the names of all those lost to these unspeakable acts of terror. We shall not forget, and we shall not give up,” Khan said.
On October 6, 1976 when the aircraft exploded just after take-off from Barbados, there were 57 Cubans, 11 Guyanese and five North Koreans on board. The Cuban national youth fencing team was among the dead, as were a number of young Guyanese academic scholarship winners who were traveling to Cuba to pursue studies.
The names of the 11 Guyanese who perished are Eric Norton, 18; Ann Nelson, 18; Seshnarine Kumar, 18; Jacqueline Williams, 19; Rawle Thomas, 18; wife of a former Guyanese diplomat Margaret Bradshaw; Economist Gordon Sobha, Violet Thomas, Rita Thomas, Raymond Persaud and nine-year-old Sabrina Harripaul.
A special commemoration is expected to be held today, at the University of Guyana to mark the 41st anniversary of the Cubana Air Disaster.
Investigations revealed that two types of bombs were used, variously described as dynamite or C-4.
President of the Guyana Solidarity Movement with Cuba, Haleem Khan explained that at its simplest, the mastermind of the tragedy walks freely in Miami, while those who sought to expose the terrorist actions of groups that targeted Cuba from the safe haven of the United States, were put behind bars. Those convicted are referred to as the Cuban Five.
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