Turkey opens fire to stop Syrian migrant ship
Istanbul (AFP) - The Turkish coastguard opened fire to stop a cargo vessel carrying 337 mainly Syrian migrants heading towards European Union waters and arrested the suspected traffickers, a top local official said Friday.
The coastguard had on Thursday evening launched an operation to chase down the 59 metre (194 foot) Dogan Kartal as it headed through the Dardanelles Straits in northwest Turkey.
The vessel initially paid no heed to calls to stop, including warning shots, but was eventually forced to halt when the guards fired on the engines, the official Anatolia news agency reported. ...
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