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Three Syrian nationals, attempting to enter Greece, illegally on a trafficking vessel moving in the Aegean were injured by ricochet bullets fired by Coast Guard officers trying to avoid getting rammed by the boat.

Racial and xenophobic activities of Golden Dawn and abuse of power arrests by the judiciary are the main topics of the annual State Department report on human rights for Greece in 2013.

In an announcement today, the Hellenic Coast Guard, made known on Friday that the boat the carried the illegal immigrants towards Farmakonisi was found as were several of the bodies of the hapless Syrians that attempted the crossing to Greece and drowned.