The serious incident occurred around 4 p.m. on Tuesday at a gas station. Three Turkish nationals arrived in a silver jeep to refuel. Meanwhile, EYP officers had stopped nearby in a vehicle and a motorcycle. Upon recognizing the officers, the Turkish driver approached their vehicle, pulled out a gun, and opened fire. Fortunately, the officers managed to escape unharmed, and the attacker quickly fled the scene in his vehicle, which disappeared from sight. The shooting took place outside the gas station, and by miracle, no civilians or officers were injured.

Authorities are investigating the event as a particularly serious escalation by the Turkish mafia, which has been linked to over ten murders in Greece since September 2023

Executives of the National Intelligence Service were the men who were shot at in their car by Turkish mobsters on Tuesday afternoon in Thermi, Thessaloniki.

The serious incident took place, around 4 p.m. Tuesday, when three people riding in a silver jeep with foreign license plates stopped and shot at the vehicle the EYP officers were riding in. The gunmen fired in the middle of the road and miraculously no NIS officers or passing citizens were injured. Police officers have investigated the area to locate the Turkish nationals.

The incident is being treated as particularly serious by organized crime officers and constitutes a dangerous escalation on the part of the Turkish mafia, which has been behind more than ten murders in Greece since September 2023.