The incident with a group of illegal migrants crossing the Evros River in a boat on the Turkish-Greek border occurred Saturday night, a woman was killed by gunfire from the Turkish side, Greek TV channel Sky reported.

The shooting happened after 21:00 local time on Saturday, near Soufli. The shots from the Turkish side killed the woman, an illegal migrant. Greek border guards discovered a boat with migrants on the Turkish side of the river separating the two countries, and then tried to cross the water barrier to cross to Greece. The border guards claim they responded to gunfire from the Turkish side, which occurred after they warned the migrants on the river not to let their boat approach the Greek shore.

The Greek coast guard warned with light signals for the boat with the migrants to change course, but it did not. Shots were then fired from the Turkish side, to which the Greeks responded accordingly, the TV channel notes. Eventually, Greek authorities found and took away the six illegal migrants and the dead woman. She had been shot at close range.

In turn, the Greek TV channel ERT-1 reported that a 22-year-old woman of African descent died. It is assumed that there was an altercation between the carrier and the migrants, as a result of which the 22-year-old woman was fatally shot with a .22 caliber pistol. Such guns are not used by either Turkish or Greek border guards. Only six migrants and a child managed to cross to the Greek shore. Five others of the group remained on the Turkish coast.