(Carlos Barria/Reuters)The State Department will expel 15 Cuban diplomats after slashing the U.S. mission in Cuba last week, citing unexplained injuries among American personnel there. The decision announced Tuesday is certain to deepen the two countries’ rift over what the State Department has called “specific attacks” on U.S. diplomats during the past 10 months. On Monday, the State Department confirmed an additional victim, who is believed to have been attacked in January. One possibility being explored is whether the diplomats were made ill by a “sonic attack,” though the State Department has refrained from using that term. The 15 Cuban diplomats being expelled represent about the same percentage being withdrawn from the U.S. Embassy, officials said, though the actual number of personnel ordered to leave Havana has not been disclosed.

Source: Washington Post October 03, 2017 15:31 UTC