Members of the Turkish mafia fired gunshots at a vehicle with two agents of the Greek National Intelligence Service (EYP) in a suburb of Thessaloniki on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident took place at a gas station in Thermi by Thessaloniki, northern Greece, where the car of the Turkish mafiosi stopped to get fuel. Also the car of the EYP stopped close by as the agents were following the Turks.
Several shots were fired at the front window of the EYP was and the attackers fled the scene as soon as possible.
Nobody was injured.
Three Turks riding in the silver jeep with foreign license plates seem to have noticed the car with the EYP agents who were following them as part of an operation to collect information about members of the Turkish mafia in Greece.
For this reason, they stopped at a gas station in the area.
One of the three Turks reportedly got out of the jeep approached the car with the EYP agents and opened fire three times in broad daylight, aiming at the windshield and doors of the vehicle. According to police, the Turk wanted to kill the passengers in the car.
According to the same sources, it is most likely that the Turks were unaware that they were being watched by EYP agents and that they believed they were members of a rival gang.
The entire incident was recorded by the gas station’s cameras.
According to Mega TV, the Turks were members of a “tough group of criminals they call themselves “the Daltons”, inspired by the four brothers of the comic book Lucky Luke.
As the Intelligence Service knew the group, police in Thessalnoki quickly identified them and proceeded to six arrests on Wednesday morning.
So far, the arrests reportedly concern five Turks from Thessaloniki and one from Komotini, who is said to be a roommate of the owner of the jeep in which the three who shot were riding.
According to authorities “the Daltons” criminals is a “tough group” of members of the Turkish mafia who operate in Northern Greece and are involved in drug cases, death contracts and more.
It is the same group who brutally shot dead 6 members of a rival Turkish gang in North-East Attica in September 2023. .
The three Turks who were riding in the silver jeep seem to have noticed the car with the EYP agents who were following them as part of an operation to collect information about members of the Turkish mafia in Greece. For this reason, they stopped at a gas station in the area.
One of the three Turks got out of the jeep with foreign license plates, approached the car with the EYP agents and opened fire three times in broad daylight, aiming at the windshield and doors of the vehicle. According to the police, the Turk wanted to kill the passengers in the car.
it is most likely that the Turks were unaware that they were being watched by EYP agents and that they believed they were members of a rival gang.
The entire incident was recorded by the gas station’s cameras.
Daily tovima.gr reported that there are approximately 300 members of several Turkish-Mafia operating Greece.