1997 Cuba hotel bombings
| 1997 Cuba hotel bombings | |
|---|---|
| Location | Havana, Cuba |
| Date | September 4, 1997 11:30 hours (CST) |
| Target | Cuban tourist industry |
Attack type | C-4 bombs |
| Deaths | 1 (Italian tourist) |
| Injured | 11 |
| Perpetrators | Luis Posada Carriles Raúl Ernesto Cruz León Otto René Rodríguez Llerena Francisco Chávez Abarca |
| Motive | Anti-communism |
The 1997 Cuba hotel bombings were a series of terrorist bombing attacks on Cuban hotels organized by anti-Communist militants. The purpose of the bombing campaign was to destroy the recently resurgent Cuban tourism trade and in so doing, undermine the country's Communist government.