A "
flagrant violation
" of British sovereignty.
The government of the British enclave of Gibraltar has accused Spain of '
breaching the sovereignty
' of the UK following a customs incident on Thursday February 2 in which shots were fired by customs officers Spaniards chasing smugglers.
"
The facts surrounding this incident reveal a flagrant breach of British sovereignty and potentially the most serious and dangerous incident in years
," Gibraltar's Prime Minister Fabian Picardo said in a statement on Friday. also signed by the governor of the enclave.