Austria: Bodies of up to 50 refugees found in truck
The bodies of around 50 refugees have been found in an abandoned truck in eastern Austria on Thursday, the daily Kronen Zeitung is reporting.
Thursday, 27.08.2015.
14:12
Austria: Bodies of up to 50 refugees found in truck
A spokesperson for the Austrian Interior Ministry confirmed that the truck was found on the highway near Parndorf, saying it contained "many dead people."Reuters is reporting that the police could not say the exact number at this time, or state the cause of death - but that there were "from 20 to 50" victims.
Austrian Interior minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner addressed a news conference to "denounce the people smugglers responsible" and say, “Today is a dark day.”
The group that included ten small children was left by the side of the highway by the smugglers, and told the police they were "hardly able to breath” during the trip, and "asked repeatedly for more air, but the driver had ignored their requests, and had driven without stopping from Serbia to Austria."
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