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At least 18 people, including a child, have been found dead in Bulgaria in an abandoned truck near the capital Sofia, officials said.
The truck was transporting timber and carrying illegal migrants hidden in a compartment, the country’s interior ministry said on Friday, adding it was found near the village of Lokorsko.
Thirty-four people, including five children, were rushed to hospitals in Sofia and some were in a critical but stable condition, said the health minister, Asen Medzhidiev. “There has been a lack of oxygen to those who were locked in this truck. They were freezing, wet, they have not eaten for several days,” Medzhidiev told reporters.
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The truck was transporting timber and carrying illegal migrants hidden in a compartment, the country’s interior ministry said on Friday, adding it was found near the village of Lokorsko.
Thirty-four people, including five children, were rushed to hospitals in Sofia and some were in a critical but stable condition, said the health minister, Asen Medzhidiev. “There has been a lack of oxygen to those who were locked in this truck. They were freezing, wet, they have not eaten for several days,” Medzhidiev told reporters.
At least 18 people found dead in truck near Sofia
Bulgarian interior ministry says vehicle was transporting timber with people hidden in a compartment
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