Three arrested after more than 71 migrants found dead in abandoned truck

Three people have been arrested in connection with the deaths of 71 migrants found in a food lorry in Austria.

Three arrested after more than 71 migrants found dead in abandoned truck

Three people have been arrested over the deaths of 71 migrants found in a refrigerated lorry abandoned in Austria.

The migrants are likely to have suffocated, according to Hans Peter Doskozil, chief of police in eastern Burgenland province. The 71 included eight women and four children.

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