Austria Lorry Deaths Thursday August 27,2015

 

Some 59 men, eight women and four children perished in the back of a lorry abandoned at the side of the road in Austria, police have revealed.

Among the dead were three boys of 10, 8 and three and a six-month-old baby girl.

Horrific details have begun to emerge about the deaths of 71 people thought to be refugee in a lorry abandoned in Austria on Thursday August 27,2015


Police said that blood was seen dripping from the vehicle and a horrendous smell surrounded it, before scores of badly decomposed bodies were discovered inside.
Helmut Marban, press officer for Burgenland police, said a highway patrol had spotted the truck and at first thought it was damaged or had been in an accident.

Officials found the back door of the truck ajar and inside made the horrifying discovery

Although the lorry bears the logo of Slovakian poultry company, Hyza, the firm said it no longer owned the vehicle but the owner had not removed the branding.

 On one side of the truck was the slogan, written in Slovak, "Honest chicken," while writing on the back read "I taste so good because they feed me so well."

Four members of an alleged human-trafficking gang have been arrested over the deaths of 71 migrants found rotting in an abandoned truck on an Austrian motorway

Note

More than 300,000 migrants have risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year and some 2,500 more have died making the journey, the UN said 

Nearly 200,000 people had landed in Greece since January, while another 110,000 had made it to Italy