Greek police opened fire on migrants on the Turkish border on March 4, as the crisis over the build-up of thousands of migrants after Turkey opened its borders to let them through to Europe continues.
Several migrants were wounded when Greek police opened fire on them near the Pazarkule Border Gate in the western province of Edirne. They were taken to hospitals.
One of those shot succumbed to his wounds and five others are wounded, Edirne Governor’s Office said.
The incident took place when a group of Turkish deputies from parliament’s Human Rights Investigation Commission were making on-site examinations.
Greek government spokesman, meanwhile, accused Turkey of disseminating fake news via alleging that migrants were wounded by Greek police.
arlier, Greek riot police and troops fired tear gas on the migrants.
The air was thick with smoke on both the Greek and Turkish sides of the Pazarkule Border Gate and fire engines were also at hand to put out smouldering blazes on the ground.
Pazarkule has been the scene of sometimes violent clashes between Greek security forces and migrants since Feb. 27, though tensions had eased on March 3 as some of the migrants left the immediate area of the border crossing.
Thousands of migrants have been trying to breach the border since Turkey said on Feb. 27 it would no longer abide by a 2016 deal with the European Union to halt illegal migration flows to Europe in return for billions of euros in aid.
According to Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, a total of 135,844 migrants crossed into Greece as of early March 4.