Greek border guard shot from Turkish side
Greek border guard shot from Turkish side (photo: Getty Images)
A Greek border guard suffered a gunshot wound on the border with Türkiye. His condition is currently stable.
According to police, the shooting occurred on the afternoon of July 20, when a border guard was patrolling a remote area near the town of Sufli to prevent the illegal entry of migrants from Türkiye, he was hit by a bullet fired from Türkiye.
The bullet hit the man in the lower abdomen. The regional health department of Macedonia and Thrace said that the 56-year-old victim's postoperative condition is stable.
Authorities are investigating the incident. It is not yet known who could have shot the border guard.
Greece did not accuse Türkiye of the shooting, while Türkiye did not comment on the incident at all.
In 2022, relations between Greece and Türkiye deteriorated.
During his speech in Samsun, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Türkiye was producing its own ballistic missiles.
“Of course, this production scares the Greeks. When you say 'Typhoon', the Greeks get scared and say: “It will hit Athens”. Well, of course, it will... If you don't calm down, if you try to buy something (for weapons) from here and there, from America to the islands,” he said.
Instead, Greece said it considered the threats to fire missiles at Athens to be akin to “North Korean sentiment.”
However, after some time, secret talks between Greece and Türkiye were held in Brussels with German mediation, after which the situation stabilized.
