The police announcement describes in detail the incident with the shootings in Evros, which resulted in the death of a woman.
It all started at 20:50 on Saturday nightwhen a boat with refugees from the Turkish side, wanted to cross into Greek territory.
According to the Greek police in its announcement, the survivors stated that they had paid 2,000 euros each in a trafficking ring in Istanbul, which was what guided them to Evros and the Greek border.
See in detail how the police describe the events in the incident in Evros:
“Yesterday Saturday, April 16, 2022, at 20:50 in the area of ​​Evros in Soufli, police officers of the Border Guard Department located a group of people boarding a plastic boat from the opposite shore for the purpose of illegal entry into our country.
In order to prevent this crossing, the police officers used flashlights and voice warnings about their status (“Police – Go back”), however at that moment shots were heard from the opposite side, the direction of which could not be determined due to of darkness.
To ensure their physical integrity, the Greek police officers hurried to cover themselves, firing warning shots in the air, as the shots from the opposite side continued in bursts at the same rate in an unknown direction.
When the boat arrived on the Greek shore, five of the migrants disembarked from it, while the rest returned. The four of them managed to reach the shore while swimming while a woman remained floating in the water and when the police pulled her out with difficulty, they found her dead.
The body was found to have a gunshot wound to the back right chest and was transported for an autopsy-necropsy, where from the medical examiner’s first assessment the cause of death was a shot from a very close distance (a few centimeters) using a small-caliber weapon.
The survivors, including a minor, were examined and it turned out that for their transport to Athens they had paid 2,000 euros each in a trafficking ring in Istanbul “.
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