12 people found frozen to death near Turkey’s border with Greece

Turkish minister claims Greek border guards pushed back people whose bodies were stripped of shoes and clothes'

The bodies of 12 people who froze to death have been found near Turkey's border with Greece, the Turkish interior minister has said, accusing Greek border guards of pushing them back over the frontier.

Suleyman Soylu tweeted that those who had died were found near the Ipsala border crossing without shoes and stripped of their clothes" and had been among 22 people allegedly pushed back into Turkey by Greek border guards.