ANKARA — An
Afghan citizen attempting
to cross the Turkish-Greek border illegally was shot and fatally wounded by
Greek border guards on Monday, the Turkish border guard said.
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Military police in Meric, northeastern
Türkiye,
confirmed the death to AFP, but did not comment on other details of the
incident reported in Turkish media.
According to the private DHA news agency,
the dead man was one of eight people trying to cross from Türkiye into Greece,
the gateway to the EU.
"Security forces on the Greek side
opened fire on a group of Afghan immigrants who wanted to cross the border
illegally. One person... was seriously injured" and later died in
hospital, DHA reported.
An enquiry has been opened into the
incident, the news agency added.
Responding to the report, Greek Civil
Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos accused Türkiye of spreading "fake
news" and having "a troubled past in the instrumentalization of
irregular migrants".
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