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Bodies of 18 migrants found in abandoned truck in Bulgaria

Police officers stand guard at the site where an abandoned truck was found containing the bodies of 18 migrants who appeared to have suffocated to death inside a secret compartment under a load of lumber, in the village of Lokorsko, near Sofia, Bulgaria, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. The Interior Ministry said that according to initial information, the truck was carrying about 40 migrants and the survivors were taken to nearby hospitals for emergency treatment. (AP Photo/ Valentina Petrova) A police officer stands guard at the site where an abandoned truck was found, containing the bodies of 18 migrants who appeared to have suffocated to death inside a secret compartment under a load of lumber, in the village of Lokorsko, near Sofia, Bulgaria, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. The Interior Ministry said that according to initial information, the truck was carrying about 40 migrants and the survivors were taken to nearby hospitals for emergency treatment. (AP Photo/ Valentina Petrova) Police officers stand guard at the village of Lokorsko, near Sofia, Bulgaria, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, where an abandoned truck was found containing the bodies of 18 migrants, who appeared to have suffocated to death inside a secret compartment under a load of lumber. The Interior Ministry said that according to initial information, the truck was carrying about 40 migrants and the survivors were taken to nearby hospitals for emergency treatment. (AP Photo/ Valentina Petrova) Borislav Saratov, Bulgaria's deputy chief prosecutor and head of the national investigation, speaks to media at the village of Lokorsko, near the capital Sofia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. An abandoned truck was found near Lokorsko, containing the bodies of 18 migrants, who appeared to have suffocated to death inside a secret compartment under a load of lumber. The Interior Ministry said that according to initial information, the truck was carrying about 40 migrants and the survivors were taken to nearby hospitals for emergency treatment. (AP Photo/ Valentina Petrova) The bodies of 18 migrants lie on the ground near an abandoned truck, at the village of Lokorsko, near Sofia, Bulgaria, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Police in Bulgaria on Friday discovered an abandoned truck containing the bodies of 18 migrants, who appeared to have suffocated to death inside a secret compartment under a load of lumber. The Interior Ministry said that according to initial information, the truck was carrying about 40 migrants and the survivors were taken to nearby hospitals for emergency treatment. (AP Photo)
Bodies of 18 migrants found in abandoned truck in Bulgaria