UK police say 39 bodies found in Essex lorry
Al JazeeraDriver of the lorry arrested as authorities report victims include 38 adults and one teenager. “My thoughts are with all those who lost their lives and their loved ones.” Murder inquiry Bulgarian authorities said they had received information about the vehicle’s registration from British police. “But now the forensics experts have done their work, the truck is going to be removed to a more sensitive and forensically secure location.” “A murder inquiry has begun,” he said, “but everybody’s thoughts will be with the bereaved relatives of the deceased.” It was important to remember, Brennan added, that truck drivers often pick up their cargo trailers as sealed units and may not have any knowledge of what was inside. “The identification of victims remains our top priority,” said Pippa Mills, Essex Police’s deputy chief constable. Jackie Doyle-Price, the local Conservative MP, said “people trafficking is a vile and dangerous business”, adding: “Let’s hope they bring these murderers to justice.” The tragedy bears similarities to the worst of its kind in the UK, when the bodies of 58 Chinese people were found in a container at Dover, Kent, in 2000.
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