Smugglers try to bring migrants from Turkey to Greece. Border police prevent this. Shots are fired. A Greek policeman is injured.
A Greek border policeman was injured by gunfire on the Greek-Turkish border river Evros. According to the Greek police, the shots were fired from the Turkish side of the river. At the time, Greek border guards had prevented migrants from Turkey from crossing the border into Greece illegally. It was unclear who fired the shots. Investigations have been launched, the police said. The incident occurred on Saturday evening.
The 57-year-old border policeman, who was injured in the stomach, was taken to a hospital in the Evros region and operated on, Greek radio reported, citing the emergency services. Greek security officials assume that people smugglers fired the shots, as reporters from Greek media reported on Sunday, citing police sources.
Smuggling gangs repeatedly try to bring migrants from Turkey to Greece and thus into the EU via the shallow waters of the Evros River due to the summer drought. Greece is currently building a fence along this border to prevent illegal border crossings. According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), 3,168 people have come to Greece from Turkey via this route between the beginning of the year and July 14.
Source: Stern
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