Walking alone on a Havana sidewalk, Danish student Joachim Lovschall was shot to death by a Cuban soldier for allegedly crossing into a Cuban military area.

Now, just days before the second anniversary of his death, his father traveled from Denmark to Miami to ask for help in pressuring Cuba to arrest the guard who killed him.

Christian Lovschall joined U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, and John Suarez with the Free Cuba Foundation in a news conference Friday to ask for international pressure for a trial.

Joachim Lovschall was in Cuba to learn Spanish, the eighth language he was to become fluent in, his father said.

After attending a theater performance on March 28, 1997, Lovschall walked on a sidewalk behind the Cuban Ministry of Defense.

He crossed the street to another sidewalk that was considered a military area, even though it was not blocked off, fenced in or clearly marked, Lovschall said.

He said he believes his son was lured across the street by the guards, then shot so that they could rob him. He said $100 that Joachim had on him was missing following the shooting.

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it was not the guard's intention to kill, but to prevent a presumed act of aggression. Lovschall allegedly ignored shouts and a warning shot fired by the guard.

The Danish government has protested the killing to Cuba.