ATLANTA (Pajhwok): At least 18 Afghan migrants have been found dead in an abandoned truck near the capital of Bulgaria, says a media report.
The truck was transporting timber and carrying illegal migrants hidden in compartments, the interior ministry in Sofia, said, adding the vehicle was found near Lokorsko village.
Some of the migrants suffocated, the head of the National Investigative Service, Borislav Sarafov, told reporters.
The migrants crossed the border with Turkey illegally and hid in the woods for two days before they were loaded onto the truck near the city of Yambol in southeastern Bulgaria, he said.
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