Border Police of Greece Open Fire on Refugees: 1 Person Dies, 5 Others Wounded

* Source: AA

** Photo: Hakan Mehmet Şahin/AA

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The border police of Greece opened fire on refugees with stun grenades, smoke bombs, plastic bullets and real bullets today (March 4).

While one refugee has died, five other have been wounded.

In a statement released by the Governor's Office of Edirne, it has been indicated that a delegation of 8 Members of Parliament, including ruling AKP Bursa MP Hakan Çavuşoğlu, the Chair of the Parliamentary Commission on Human Rights, was in the province to pay a study visit.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Kocaeli MP, a member of the commission, was also there. He has shared the following image on Twitter. "There is an ugly blacmail through people in Pazarkule. Greek police are intervening heavily, Turkish police are just watching", he has said.

Pazarkule'de insan üzerinden çirkin bir şantaj var..!
Yunan polisi ağır müdahale ediyor, Türk polisi seyirci pic.twitter.com/5FafUMUfpi

— Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu (@gergerliogluof) March 4, 2020

"Greek police and border units opened fire on the migrants in the region between the Kastanies Border Gate and the Pazarkule Border Gate using sound, fog, and gas bombs, and rubber and metal bullets," said the Governor's Office of Turkey's Edirne in its statement.

Six men were injured by metal bullets, including three in the feet, one in the groin area, one in the chest, and one in the head, added the statement.

The one injured in the chest area was taken to the Trakya University Medical School Hospital by ambulance, where he died while doctors tried to save him, it added. "Greek forces firing metal bullets indiscriminately disregarded the migrants' right to life", the statement indicated further.

Investigation launched

According to the statement of the Governor's Office, the members of the Parliamentary Commission on Human Rights also witnessed the incident.

It has been announced that "an investigation has been launched by the Edirne Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into the incidents of death and injury that took place." (AÖ/SD)