39 bodies found in a refrigerated truck

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The corpses were found in the truck container at an industrial park in Grays, east of London, triggering outrage among politicians.

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The local Essex Police force, which is working with immigration officials, said their initial priority was to try to identify the victims, thought at this stage to be 38 adults and one teenager."This is an unimaginable tragedy and truly heart-breaking," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.

Police said the truck had come by ferry from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge into Purfleet, close to Grays on the River Thames estuary -- a crossing that takes nine to 12 hours.'Used' coffins unearthed in alleged Joburg drug den Dimitar Dimitrov, executive director of the Bulgarian Chamber of Road Hauliers, told AFP many foreign hauliers registered in Bulgaria for financial reasons, and doubted whether a Bulgarian firm would employ Irish drivers.

"To put 39 people into a locked metal container shows a contempt for human life that is evil," she said.In 2000, the bodies of 58 clandestine Chinese immigrants were discovered in a Dutch truck at the southeastern English port of Dover. Two people survived.

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Where did this happen

By now this is old news.

Sick sick serial killer😷

Oh bawo😭

That's mass murder and death is not enough as punishment

That's cold.

Yoh

This is sad and horrible. How did they pass the border control?

Is that bodies for a human being?

Yoh scary stuff

Who's line is it anyway

Hebanna

Human trafficking is real

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