Man arrested for shooting outside Cuba's US embassy, no injuries

A man opened fire n Cuban embassy in the United States on Thursday. No injury has been reported so far.

According to local media reports, police has arrested the suspected shooter. Alexander Alazo, 42, was "shooting toward a foreign embassy on the block," as per the initial investigation.

He has been now charged with assault with intent to kill.

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Officers arrived at the scene at around 2 am (0600 GMT), where they found the suspect with an assault-style rifle, the MPD said.

"One individual was arrested for being in possession of an unregistered firearm as well as unregistered ammunition, assault with the intent to kill, and possession of a high capacity feed device," a Secret Service spokeswoman said in a statement.

It was not immediately clear what motivated the shooting.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla wrote in a post on Twitter that the embassy had been "the target of an armed attack," adding that countries bear the responsibility to protect diplomats and their facilities.

The embassy, located on 16th Street at the edge of the Adams Morgan neighbourhood, a normally bustling area full of bars and restaurants but which has been stilled by the coronavirus shutdown.

The administration of President Donald Trump has chilled relations with Havana, reversing course after an opening initiated by his predecessor Barack Obama.

In October 2017, it expelled 15 Cuban diplomats after a rash of incidents in which US embassy staff in Cuba reported as yet unexplained head pains, dizziness and hearing loss.

(With inputs from agencies)