Greek coast guard exchanges shots with a man piloting a migrant smuggling boat. No injuries reported
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities say the crew of a Greek coast guard patrol boat has exchanged gunfire with a man piloting a speedboat smuggling migrants from neighboring Turkey to a Greek island. No injuries have been reported from the shooting on Friday off the eastern Aegean Sea island of Chios. A coast guard statement said that the smuggling vessel headed back towards the Turkish shore. It says the man steering the speedboat opened fire on the patrol vessel with a handgun. The statement also said that the coast guard crew “fired shots in a secure sector.” It provided no further detail on the shooting.