The statement is not true.

A mixed Bulgarian-Turkish commission has been investigating this incident since October 1.

There were such claims.

The Turkish side immediately provided us with data. We have sent a team, an investigation is underway.

Such an investigation is ongoing, as far as I know, in the prosecutor's office, acting Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Demerdzhiev told journalists

Ivan Demerdzhiev is a lawyer with over 20 years of experience.

He was born in 1975 in Plovdiv.

In 2001, on the occasion of the allegation of shooting at Syrian refugees on the border with Turkey, a Novini.bg reporter reported.

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I want to point out, however, that our border police officers, including in this case, are subjected to extreme aggression - aggression that leads to the mutilation of officers, to the destruction of the places where these officers must perform their duties.

This aggression will be met with the necessary countermeasures.

If until yesterday they were convincing us that our gramitsa could be crossed for 50 euros, now they are convincing us of the exact opposite - that we prevent someone from crossing it nine times and sometimes we use weapons.

Sometimes we can use weapons, but not in this case, emphasized Demerdzhiev.

The Ministry of the Interior with a position after the investigation of "Sky News" about Bulgarian border policemen

According to him, the border police have very strict instructions for action.

Are we instructing them how to protect the life and health of migrants, are we also instructing them how to protect their own life and health.

For me, it is very positive that in the meetings with the Turkish side, we have a very positive response to what has been happening in recent months.

They report that the way the "Border Police" treats migrants at the moment is much more humane.

But in a conflict situation where migrants threaten the lives and health of our border police, don't expect them to stand idly by.

When attacked, they can always use a weapon, otherwise they give a warning shot, after which they can fire if the corresponding order is not followed or if their life and health are threatened, the interior minister added.

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