Cuban rescuers recover body of last missing person after hotel blast; 45 dead


  • World
  • Friday, 13 May 2022

Emergency personnel walk in front of the Saratoga Hotel six days after it suffered from an explosion, in Havana, Cuba May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban rescue officials said late on Thursday they had recovered the body of the last person believed to be missing following an explosion last week that blew the sides off a luxury hotel in historic Havana.

Discovery of the body raised the death toll to 45.

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