Turkish Coastguard Shoots at a Cypriot Port Police Patrol

Turkish coastguards fired at a Cyprus Port Police boat while patrolling near Kato Pyrgos Tylliriaon Thursday morning, Cypriot media reported on Friday. The incident reportedly took place at around 03:30 local time (00:30 GMT) during a routine patrol by the Greek Cypriot Portand Naval Police to monitor the arrival of migrant boats from Turkey. The small Greek Cypriot boat, carrying three officers, spotted a Turkish Coast Guard vessel about 11 nautical miles from the port of Kato Pyrgos Tyllirias,in the northwest of the island, so they tried to move away and headed towards the Tylliria fishing shelter, but the Turkish…