A group of men carried the man in a blanket away from the border and Turkey said he died later in hospital
ANKARA/ATHENS, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Turkish officials have said a man was fatally wounded when Greek security forces opened fire as migrants gathered at the border.
Greece immediately issued a flat denial, saying it was not involved in any such incident involving gunfire.
Thousands of people have headed to the border after Turkey said it would no longer stop migrants crossing.
Greece has also denied claims that two Syrians were fatally shot while trying to cross the border last night.
Videos taken close to Turkey’s northern border with Greece on Wednesday showed dozens of migrants hurrying through a field, escaping tear gas. Several men are seen carrying a man in a blanket as he held his head.
One of the men, speaking in Farsi, is heard on a video saying Greek soldiers had fired at their legs and that five migrants were wounded.
The local authority in the nearby town of Edirne then issued a statement saying one migrant had died in hospital and five had been wounded. It accused Greek police and border units of opening fire on migrants in no-man’s land between the Greek border gate at Kastanies and the Turkish gate at Pazakule.
Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas was adamant there had been “no such incident with fire from the Greek authorities” and accused Turkey of “creating and spreading fake news”.
Greece says that since Saturday it has prevented 32,423 migrants from coming into the country illegally and arrested 231 people.
In just 12 hours on Wednesday, 4,600 attempts to enter Greece illegally were stopped, it adds. — NNN-AGENCIES
