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FROM
CUBA
Cuban
dissident leader hit by military jeep while
riding his bicycle
HAVANA, Dec. 9 (www.cubanet,org) - Lázaro
Lemus González, president of the
dissident Cuban Union of Young Democrats,
says that while riding his bicycle December
4 he was hit by a Soviet-made military jeep
that fled the scene.
"The jeep, traveling at high speed,
swerved into me," he said. "I
jumped into the ditch. If I hadn't reacted
so quickly, I'd have been killed."
He said the jeep moved so quickly he wasn't
able to see the driver nor note the license
plate number. The incident occurred in near
San Cristobal in the province of Pinar del
Rio.
"It must have been premeditated to
kill me or it was a dangerous act to intimidate
me," he said.
Lemus theorized that the incident might
have been related to a recent threatening
visit by a state security agent who questioned
him about an independent library in his
home.
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