Tensions arose on Tuesday night between Turkish fishing boats and Greek vessels in the sea area between Thassos and Samothrace.
According to ERT, Greek fishermen are complaining that in recent days Turkish fishermen have been entering Greek territorial waters to fish, however, on Tuesday night, tensions escalated and a serious incident with gunfire occurred.
"Our fishermen received insults, threats, and even shots fired in the air"
"A large number of Turkish boats went out fishing again and 20 of our boats went to protest. There our fishermen were insulted, threatened, and even shot in the air," the president of the Gri-Gri of Kavala and vice-president of the Gri-Gri Association of Greece, Yiannis Manios, complained to voria.gr.
"In recent days, Turkish fishing boats have even reached 4-6 miles from the coast of Samothrace. They come from the port of Ainos and are fishing closer and closer to our territorial waters," he pointed out.
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"We were going around them to push them away"
Describing the incident, Mr. Manios said: “We were going around them to push them away, but they were coming at us.
After a few minutes, the Greek fishing boats, most of which were from Kavala, while there were also fishermen from Thessaloniki and Halkidiki, retreated and returned to the port of Keramoti in Kavala.
Source: cnn.gr
