Up to 11 years in prison for the three Turks who opened fire on a member of the National Security Service in Tagarades

The Joint Jury Court of Edessa has handed situation sentences ranging from 6 to 11 years to 3 Turkish nationals convicted successful transportation with the shooting of a National Intelligence Service (NIS) serviceman past May successful Tagarades, Thessaloniki.

The tribunal recovered the 50-year-old main defendant—who, according to the lawsuit file, fired the shots—guilty of attempted manslaughter and amerciable possession and usage of weapons. He was sentenced to 11 years successful prison, on with an further one-year concurrent sentence.

His 24-year-old accomplice received a 9-year situation sentence, portion the 44-year-old 3rd suspect was sentenced to 6 years for elemental complicity successful the attempted murder.

No extenuating circumstances were granted, and pursuing the verdict, each 3 returned to prison, wherever they had been held since their archetypal apologies earlier the Thessaloniki interrogator.

The Incident

The occurrence occurred connected May 27, 2025, during an cognition targeting Turkish organized transgression groups operating successful Greece. The 3 accused, suspected members of a transgression organization, were traveling successful a jeep that was nether surveillance by quality officers.

According to the indictment, the suspects stopped astatine a petrol station, wherever the 50-year-old exited the conveyance and fired astatine an NIS unit car, which was occupied lone by the driver. No injuries resulted, and the 3 fled the scene.

Within 24 hours, pursuing a constabulary manhunt, the main defendant—who appeared to beryllium readying to fly to Bulgaria—was arrested successful a mountainous colony successful Rodopi. Before the Edessa Mixed Jury Court, helium claimed helium acted retired of fearfulness and panic, believing helium was threatened by individuals connected to his location country’s concealed services.

“In nary mode would I person acted similar that if I knew they were NIS officers,” helium stated, asking the tribunal for forgiveness.

His 2 co-defendants were arrested a fewer days aboriginal successful the Bulgarian metropolis of Svilengrad, adjacent the Turkish border, and extradited to Greece. They maintained their innocence, stating: “We had nary information oregon engagement successful the incident, nor did we cognize that our compatriot was armed.”

The NIS officers progressive did not look astatine the evidentiary hearing, and their statements were work aloud by the court. The verdict was delivered precocious past night.