(ANSA-AFP) - LOKORSKO, FEB 18 - Bulgarian authorities said
Friday they had found 18 migrants dead in an abandoned truck, as
the Balkan nation struggles with an increase in illicit border
crossings. The vehicle "was illegally transporting around 40
migrants hidden under some wood", the interior ministry said.
"Eighteen of them have died." It is believed to be one of the
deadliest people smuggling incidents recorded in the country.
After locals alerted the police, they found the truck was
located near the village of Lokorsko, 20 kilometres (12 miles)
northeast of Bulgaria's capital Sofia. The cause of the
migrants' deaths has not been established. "I can't say for sure
what happened. There was a lack of oxygen, they were cold and
wet, and they certainly had not eaten for a few days," Health
Minister Asen Medjidiev told journalists. (ANSA-AFP).
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Bulgaria finds 18 migrants dead in truck
Balkan nation struggles with an increase in border crossings