Greece-Turkey conflict: After a freighter was shelled, the next escalation threatens
Created: 09/11/2022, 12:58 p.m
By: Franziska Schwarz
Shots fired as a Turkish ship appears in Greek waters.
Athens speaks of warnings, Ankara sees the disruptive fire as a violation of international law.
Athens/Istanbul - The conflict between Greece and Turkey continues to smolder: The Greek coast guard has now fired warning shots at a ship that was suspiciously moving within Greek territorial waters off the Greek island of Lesbos.
The captain of the ship "Anatolian" had previously refused to be checked.
The ship then sailed into nearby Turkish waters, the Greek Coast Guard headquarters in Piraeus said in the morning (September 11).
The Turkish coast guard was informed of the incident.
The incident is said to have happened the day before.
Conflict between Greece and Turkey: TV footage of the shelling
Turkish media had reported that the ship "Anatolian" had been shot at in international waters eleven nautical miles off the Turkish island of Bozcaada.
The two Greek ships involved would have disregarded international law.
According to Turkish state television TRT, the Greek ships were sailing away when the Turkish coast guard reached the scene of the incident.
The broadcaster published recordings intended to show the shelling.
They could not be independently verified.
The ship was escorted to Turkey, it said.
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