Essex investigation after 39 bodies found in truck container

[Spartan]

What we're covering here

• Teen among the victims: 39 bodies were found in a truck container in Essex, southeast England on Wednesday morning, police said.
• Murder probe launched: A 25-year-old Northern Irish man has been arrested.
• Questions swirl over truck container's origins: Police now believe the container came from Belgium into England early this morning, while the truck itself is believed to have originated in Northern Ireland. Previously, police thought the vehicle and the container had traveled into Great Britain via Holyhead, Wales on Saturday.

[Spartan]

What we know about the timeline of the truck

Detectives are still piecing together the series of events that led to the discovery of 39 bodies in a truck in an Essex industrial estate. Here are the key timings that have been established by Essex Police thus far.

• 12:30 a.m.: The container is now thought to have traveled from the Belgian port city of Zeebrugge into Purfleet, Essex, and docked in the Thurrock area shortly after 12:30 a.m., according to police The tractor unit of the truck is believed to have originated in Northern Ireland.
• 1:05 a.m.: Police say they believe the truck and container left the port shortly after 1:05 a.m. local time.
• 1:40 a.m.: Shortly after this time, ambulance workers called police to report that 39 people had been discovered dead in the container of a truck at the Waterglade Industrial Park in Eastern Avenue.

[Spartan]

What we know now

UK police have launched a murder investigation after 39 people were found dead in a truck container at an industrial park in Essex, 30 kilometers east of London.

Here's everything we know about the investigation so far:

• Police believe the container arrived in Purfleet, England early Wednesday morning from the Belgian port city of Zeebrugge.
• Just over an hour later, at around 1:40 a.m., officers were called to the truck, parked in an industrial estate in Grays, by ambulance workers.
• Earlier, Essex Police had reported that the Bulgaria-registered vehicle had entered the UK through the Welsh port of Holyhead over the weekend. A regular ferry service connects Holyhead with the Irish capital, Dublin. Police later said only the truck, and not the container, had originated in Northern Ireland.
• A 25-year-old Northern Irish truck driver was arrested "on suspicion of murder" after the bodies were discovered at the Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays early on Wednesday morning.
• Deputy Chief Constable Pippa Mills told reporters that it was the police's "number one priority" to find out who the people who died were, and where they were from.
• One of the victims was in their teens.
• The force has set up a helpline for people to call if they are concerned their relatives might have been among those inside the truck.

 

[dasara_bullodu]

Shocking....

 

if this can be seen as a border issue... police will have trouble to find where they died, UK or Belgium ... then they have to investigate who did it .... and which country the victims belong to...which country murderer belongs to

seems like an immigration statement