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| At least 20 migrants found dead inside lorry in Austria | At least 20 migrants found dead inside lorry in Austria |
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| At least 20 migrants have been found dead inside a parked lorry in eastern Austria, media reports said on Thursday, with indications that they had suffocated. | At least 20 migrants have been found dead inside a parked lorry in eastern Austria, media reports said on Thursday, with indications that they had suffocated. |
| According to the Krone newspaper, the bodies were discovered on Thursday morning on the Austria’s A4 motorway between Neusiedl and Parndorf. The truck had been abandoned on the hard shoulder of the road near Parndorf. | According to the Krone newspaper, the bodies were discovered on Thursday morning on the Austria’s A4 motorway between Neusiedl and Parndorf. The truck had been abandoned on the hard shoulder of the road near Parndorf. |
| Road employees spotted the lorry and alerted the police. Detectives then made the horrific discovery. A manhunt for the driver is now underway. | Road employees spotted the lorry and alerted the police. Detectives then made the horrific discovery. A manhunt for the driver is now underway. |
| At a press conference Austria’s interior minister, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, denounced the people smugglers responsible and said: “Today is a dark day.” She said that Austria would adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards the mafia gangs responsible for the tragedy. | At a press conference Austria’s interior minister, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, denounced the people smugglers responsible and said: “Today is a dark day.” She said that Austria would adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards the mafia gangs responsible for the tragedy. |
| On Tuesday Austrian police arrested three drivers on suspicion of transporting migrants from Syria and other war-torn areas into the European Union. One of them had driven 34 people packed into the back of a white van across the Austrian border. | On Tuesday Austrian police arrested three drivers on suspicion of transporting migrants from Syria and other war-torn areas into the European Union. One of them had driven 34 people packed into the back of a white van across the Austrian border. |
| The group included 10 small children, whom the driver abandoned by the side of the motorway near the city of Bruck an der Leitha. According to police, the migrants said in interviews that they “were hardly able to breath” during the trip. | The group included 10 small children, whom the driver abandoned by the side of the motorway near the city of Bruck an der Leitha. According to police, the migrants said in interviews that they “were hardly able to breath” during the trip. |
| Just drove past truck on A4 in Austria with 50 dead refugees inside. Terrible smell of death as we passed. pic.twitter.com/a2AiDnsy5V | |
| They had asked repeatedly for more air, but the driver had ignored their requests, police added, and had driven without stopping from Serbia to Austria. | They had asked repeatedly for more air, but the driver had ignored their requests, police added, and had driven without stopping from Serbia to Austria. |