“We received countless fires, at the risk of their lives, my colleagues saved five people,” he said. ThessToday.gr the president of the Border Guards of Evros, Chrysovalantis Gialamas, regarding the bloody incident with shootings that the border guards were confronted with, on Saturday night, near the area of Soufli.
The serious incident resulted in the death of a woman who was found floating in the river, while the border guards managed to rescue five people, including a child. According to Mr. Gialamas, It all started when they spotted a plastic boat entering the Greek shore. Immediately, they declared their status and used lenses and audio signals to understand what was happening.
“Within a few seconds we received a lot of fire, they did not stop. At the risk of their lives, my colleagues returned fire in the air and then covered themselves to be safe. “. Due to the darkness and dense vegetation on the spot, it is not yet known whether the fire came from traffickers or from the Turkish military. “No possibility can be ruled out. “Many times the Turks have the role of traffickers, so we are not yet absolutely sure.”
After the shooting stopped, the border guards, always thinking of their safety, hurried carefully to the shore, where they managed to rescue five people, while they also located a dead woman. “In the past, we often experienced similar incidents, but then it was with Turkish military guards. Lately they have stopped, but their provocativeness does not stop. With all that we have experienced in recent years in the service of the guard of the prefecture, we are immediately ready for any incident, dealing with it with great professionalism, so that we do not have losses on our part “.
“Of course we are sorry that a human soul was lost, as our goal is to protect these people. On the other hand, we handled the incident with absolute composure and determination to protect our borders and our homeland. We could have had worse results. “One child was saved and that is the most important thing.”
The announcement of ELAS
“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 they had paid 2,000 euros each for their transportation to Athens in a trafficking ring in Istanbul.
Preliminary investigation is carried out by the Alexandroupolis Security Sub-Directorate “.
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