Bulgaria’s govt has rejected allegations that its border guards shot a refugee on the Turkish border.
Media studies declare {that a} Syrian asylum seeker used to be shot whilst looking to go into Bulgaria in early October.
Video of the alleged incident used to be launched on Monday as a part of a joint investigation led by means of Lighthouse Reports.
The Bulgarian inside ministry has denied the accusations and says that its border guards strictly adopted global and home regulations.
In the pictures, recorded at the Turkish aspect of the border, a tender guy falls to the bottom after apparently being shot his hand and into his chest.
Days later in a separate recording, he recognized himself as a 19-year-old Syrian migrant and claimed that he used to be shot by means of Bulgarian border officials after his staff used to be stuck illegally getting into and used to be driven again into Turkey.
“There are no cases of violence against migrants,” Bulgarian Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev instructed journalists, confirming that the incident used to be being investigated.
“There are clear conclusions from both [Bulgaria and Turkey] that there is no evidence that a shot was fired by a Bulgarian border policeman and that no active actions have been taken to violate anyone’s human rights,” he added.
Demerdzhiev additionally mentioned that Bulgarian border forces have confronted extra aggression from other people looking to illegally input the rustic.
Last month, officers reported {that a} Bulgarian police officer used to be shot lifeless by means of an unidentified individual on the border with Turkey. In August, two cops had been additionally killed after they had been hit by means of a bus sporting migrants.
“If anyone expects that the Bulgarian police will not respond to such actions, they are wrong,” Demerdzhiev said on Monday.
