In a serious incident with the background of organized crime, the attack on Tuesday afternoon in Thermi evolves Thessaloniki, When three men on board a silver jeep with foreign plates opened fire on a vehicle on which executives of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) were aboard.
The event took place around 4pm, when the suspicious jeep It was immobilized next to the EYP vehicle and the occupants shot without hesitation, in the midst of a road and in the presence of passing citizens. From pure luck there were no injuries, neither among the officials of the service nor among citizens near the spot.
The attack has sounded an alarm to the security authorities, With the police “combing” the Thermi area yesterday to identify the perpetrators. According to preliminary estimates, behind the attack are members of a Turkish mafia organization, which is said to have developed a strong criminal activity in Greece.
This Mafia is considered responsible for more by ten murders in the Greek territory since September 2023 And the recent energy is recorded as a highly dangerous escalation, now aiming for state executives.
The incident is under investigation by Organized Crime Subdivision, While being considered the perpetrators watching the EYP vehicle and had planned the armed attack.
It is worth noting that lately the Greek authorities They are on alert due to the growing action of Turkish criminal organizations that have been installed or operated within the Greek border, often with bloody clearances of accounts. The case, now being monitored by the ELAS leadership, is expected to disclose new data on the network and movements of the Turkish mafia in the country.