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| Traffciked Persons Stuck In Container. (Diagram credit: Daily Mail) |
A
murder investigation was launched last night after a man was found dead in a
shipping container crammed with 35 people, including women and young children –
innocent victims of criminal gangs who traffic migrants across continents,
reports Daily Mail.
Workers
at Tilbury Docks in Essex raised the alarm yesterday morning after hearing
desperate cries for help from the sealed container, which had arrived on a
P&O cargo ferry from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.
Those
trapped inside were screaming and banging on the sides of the box as their
oxygen supply began to run out.
Exhausted,
severely dehydrated and suffering from hypothermia, they were taken to three
hospitals in Essex and East London as police launched a major inquiry to track
down the callous people-smugglers who had brought them to the UK in such
shocking circumstances.
All
the stowaways are thought to be Punjabis from the Indian subcontinent. They
included seven young children who last night were recovering from their ordeal.
But
one man failed to survive. Police said he was found dead when emergency workers
forced their way inside the container.
Describing the appalling
conditions inside the container, Superintendent Trevor Roe, of Essex Police,
who is heading the investigation, said: ‘They had obviously been in there a
significant amount of time.
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