Tag: truck
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Migrant lorry victims believed to be Vietnamese: UK police
London, Nov 2 (AFP/APP): The 39 migrants found dead in a refrigerated truck near London are believed to be Vietnamese, police said Friday as they renewed their appeal for two men to help with the investigation. “At this time, we believe the victims are Vietnamese nationals, and we are in contact with the Vietnamese government,”…
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Vietnam arrests two in UK truck death investigation
Hanoi, Nov 1 (AFP/APP): Vietnam police have arrested two people for trafficking in connection with the death of 39 migrants whose bodies were found in a truck in Britain, many of them feared to be Vietnamese. The move comes after British police arrested four people over the tragedy and are now seeking to question two…
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Who are the Vietnamese feared dead in UK truck tragedy?
Hanoi, Oct 31 (AFP/APP): AFP has spoken to several families of Vietnamese nationals missing in Britain, feared to be among the 39 people found dead in a truck in Essex last week. DNA has been collected from relatives as officials in Vietnam and the UK work to officially identify the victims. Here are the profiles…
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UK sends documents to Vietnam to help identify truck victims
Hanoi, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): Britain has sent documents to Vietnam to help identify some of the 39 people found dead in a truck near London, Hanoi said Monday, as fears mount that most of the dead were Vietnamese. The eight women and 31 men found dead Wednesday in a refrigerated container in Essex, southeast England,…
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Dread builds in Vietnam over fate of missing UK migrants
Nghe An, Vietnam, Oct 27 (AFP/APP): Dread mounted across Vietnam on Sunday as relatives of migrants feared to be among 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain revealed new heart-wrenching details of their last contact with their loved ones. The driver of the refrigerated trailer discovered in an industrial park on Wednesday has…
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Second Vietnamese family fears son among 39 UK truck dead
Hanoi, Oct 26 (AFP/APP): Another Vietnamese citizen is feared among the 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain this week, after his father told AFP Saturday he received a chilling call to say his son died en route to the UK. British police initially said all 39 people found dead in a refrigerated…
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Britain tries to identify 39 bodies found in truck
London, Oct 25 (AFP/APP): Investigators prepared Friday to start the first autopsies on the bodies of 39 people believed to be Chinese nationals found dead in a refrigerated truck, in a case that has shocked Britain. The first 11 corpses were recovered from the trailer on Thursday and taken to a nearby hospital. Post-mortem examinations…
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13 dead, 10 injured in wagon-truck collision
In a horrific wagon and truck collision in district Qila Saifullah of Balochistan, thirteen people including a woman and four children have been killed and left ten injured. According to Deputy Commissioner Dr. Attique five of the victims were from the same family. The condition of five out of ten injured is stated to be…