Syrian refugee injured in 2014 sues Greece demanding 100,000 euros

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A Syrian refugee who was disabled after being shot by a Greek coast guard in 2014, is demanding 100,000 euros for pursuit injuries from the Greek state.

The 68-year-old man, who now lives in Sweden, submitted his case to a court on the island of Rhodes. The plaintiff was critically injured in September of 2014, when Greek coast guards fired on a smuggler’s speedboat in a drawn-out chase near the island of Kalymnos.

The smuggler had previously attempted to ram and sink the Greek patrol boat, injuring one of the coast guards, authorities stated at the time of the incident.

The coast guards claimed that during the pursuit, the dozen asylum-seekers on the speedboat were concealed and unknown to be onboard.

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