Bulgarian police officer shot dead at border with Turkey

A Bulgarian police officer was shot dead at the border with Turkey in the southeastern part of the Balkan country in a shootout with a suspected group of
migrants, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred at 8:30 p.m. (1830 GMT) on Monday, when shots were fired from Turkish territory at a border police officer and a serviceman patrolling a stretch of the border near the village of Golyam Dervent, Demerdzhiev said.
The police officer, who was inspecting a cut in the fence along the border, died on the spot. The serviceman, who was not hurt, had returned fire after hearing 10 to 15 shots and a group made up of suspected migrants had withdrawn, officials said.