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39 found dead were Chinese nationals

Chinese embassy staff are heading to an industrial park in Britain to verify reports that 39 Chinese nationals were found dead in a truck, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.

“The staff of the Chinese embassy in the UK is driving to the scene to verify this situation,” the ministry said on its Weibo social account after British media reported that the victims were Chinese. The victims were discovered in a container on the back of a truck in Grays, east of London, on Wednesday, shortly after arriving by ferry from Belgium.

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The local Essex Police force, which is working with immigration officials, said their initial priority was to try to identify the victims, thought to be 38 adults and one teenager.

The truck was moved Wednesday to a more secure location at the nearby Tilbury docks so the bodies could be removed. Essex Police and the Chinese embassy in London did not respond to requests for comment. In 2000, the bodies of 58 clandestine Chinese immigrants were discovered in a Dutch truck at the southeastern English port of Dover. Two people survived.

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Source: eNCA