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| 17-year-old migrant killed in shootout at sea with Greek police |
| 2015-09-01 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] A 17-year-old migrant was killed during a shootout at sea between Greek port police and human smugglers, the government said late Aug. 29. "A serious incident occurred off the island of Symi when a yacht carrying 70 migrants from ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... western shores tried to illegally enter [Greek waters]," the Marine Ministry said in a statement. Greek port police and officials from the EU border agency Frontex managed to halt and board the boat. Shots were fired during scuffles between the police and three suspected people smugglers from Turkey, the ministry said. One of the suspected smugglers, who were all locked away Please don't kill me! , admitted to injuring an officer after grabbing his pistol, the statement added. The dead migrant was "probably killed by gunfire," a doctor at Symi health center was quoted as saying. An investigation into his death has been launched. No details on his origin were given. Marine Minister Christos Zois expressed sadness over the youth's death while praising the police for their "daily struggle in difficult conditions to aid migrants." |
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