Driver and companion abandon the truck after finding out some of the 52 migrants inside are dead. Read more at straitstimes.com.
dumped on an dirt road near the capital Sofia on Friday.
Despite strong and prolonged banging on the cabin, the driver refused to stop the truck earlier, the head of the National Investigative Service and deputy chief prosecutor Borislav Sarafov told reporters. The 18 victims died of a combination of lack of oxygen in an enclosed space and difficulty breathing as they had been crammed into the truck “like in a tin can”, Mr Sarafov said.“This case shows an extreme callousness and demonstrates that migrants are seen only as goods that should be shipped from one place to another, irrespective of whether they are alive or dead,” he said.
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