39 dead were found in the truck “They were Chinese citizens” – BBC News

The 39 people killed in a trailer for the Essex refrigerator were Chinese, it is understood. Police continue to question Mo Robinson, a 25-year-old truck driver, who was arrested on suspicion of murder. Officers in Northern Ireland have attacked two houses and the national crime agency has said it has identified “possible criminal groups that may be involved”. The trailer arrived at Purfleet on the Thames River in Zeebrugge, Belgium. Ambulance personnel found the bodies of 38 adults and a teenager in the container at Grays Waterglade Industrial Park on Wednesday before 1:30 p.m. Trucks and trailers pulled out of Purfleet at 1:05 p.m. Police said the tractor unit – the front of the truck – was coming from Northern Ireland and pulled the trailer out of Purfleet. Subscribe HERE .

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