Greek police discovered the bodies of three women Wednesday near the banks of the River Evros which marks the border with Turkey, and is a crossing for migrants and asylum seekers.
A forensic surgeon was to establish the cause of death as authorities probed if a crime had been committed, a police source said.There has been a sharp increase this year in migrants and refugees seeking to cross the river to gain entry to EU member Greece from Turkey following a border clampdown on refugees by Eastern European states.
The rise has seen police call for extra manpower as Athens seeks to reinforce the border area.Twelve people drowned in the river between January and July, according to Greek official figures, while the UN High Commissioner for Refugees agency puts the number of victims since 2000 in the hundreds.