Serious episode off the coast of Lesvos, south of Agios Fokas, When traffickers opened fire on a port boat who perceived them and was on the spot. The perpetrators shot three times with a gun against the patrol boat.
It all started when the charm -type fisherman landed the immigrants and the port went to the spot and as a result of being pursued. In a video shown on SKAI, the fishing fisherman seems to move at high speed while chasing it a patrol boat of the Coast Guard.
According to SKAI, the traffickers opened fire three times, followed by the Port Authority with the Turkish Coast Guard. As a result, a Turkish lighter identified the fishing fisherman who accompanied the coast of the neighboring country by arresting the traffickers.
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The Coast Guard announcement for the incident:
“Lieutenant of Aliens in Lesvos and pursuit of a Turkish fishing fisherman with traffickers from the LS-ELAKT patrol boat
In the early hours of today, a patrol boat of LS-ELAKT. (PLS) was informed that a fishing boat (A/C) landed foreigners in the area of Agios Fokas South Lesvos. The floating patrol identified the Turkish fisherman after landing foreigners on the beach. In the approach, one of the four occupied traffickers in the T/K-A/K put a gun against the patrol boat. Subsequently, shots were fired in a safe sector from the Coast Guard patrol crew, resulting in the Turkish fishing fisherman withdrawing on the eastern trend for Turkish coasts. The PLSs followed the Turkish Turkish authorities to the Turkish territorial waters, while the counterparts of the Turkish authorities were notified, which stopped the fisheries.
In the wider land area, 25 foreigners were found by ELAS officials. There was no injury from the incident. Preliminary investigation is carried out by the Central Port Authority of Mytilene »