Austria began the detention in the case of a truck with the bodies of 71 migrants – RBC

Police in the background of the truck in which were found the bodies of migrants

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The representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Austria said that in Hungary on suspicion of involvement in the transport of the dead migrants detained three people, reports Reuters.

According to the Representative of the Austrian police, in a truck abandoned on the highway A4 in Austria, were found the bodies of 71 people, including children. In addition, in the truck we found “Syrian travel document”, by which law enforcement officials have learned that the dead migrants were citizens of Syria. The representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that he hoped that the arrests will help to get on the trail of those who are behind the deaths of these people.

At the same time the Austrian edition Krone citing its sources, writes that this the case in Hungary, seven people were arrested. According to the publication, according to preliminary data, the morning of August 26 the truck drove out of Budapest and the evening was in the territory of Hungary. In Austria, it was only on Thursday night, and road services have found it in the morning, by the time the workers were already dead and a half to two days.

The truck in which were found the bodies of migrants

Photo: REUTERS 2015

It became known that in a parked truck in the east Austria found the bodies of refugees. Representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that a tractor trailer was found on the highway leading to the city Pandorf. “Unfortunately, there are so many dead people,” – he said.

In most cases in Europe, trying to get immigrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East. On land, they are trying to get into the EU across the border of Macedonia. and the sea – in Greece and Italy. Over the past two months on the territory of Macedonia entered 44 thousand. Man.

In the middle of August in the Mediterranean Sea ship was found with the bodies of 40 migrants on board were all about 400 people. Killed, allegedly suffocated in the hold of the ship.