Hijack Foiled After Grenade Explodes
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MIAMI — A man armed with hand grenades commandeered a domestic Cuban flight in an attempt to hijack it to the United States, and one grenade exploded, injuring 13 passengers, Havana radio reported today.
The would-be hijacker, identified as Juan Carlos Jimenez Gonzalez and described by government radio as “an anti-social element with criminal records,” was shot to death by a police officer on board, the broadcast monitored here said.
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