Bulgarian police find abandoned lorry containing bodies of 18 people

Authorities did not immediately give the nationalities of the migrants. Bulgarian media reported they were all from Afghanistan

The bodies of 18 people were found in an abandoned truck (STR/AP)

Police in Bulgaria have discovered an abandoned lorry containing the bodies of 18 people who appeared to have suffocated.

The Interior Ministry said that according to initial information, the truck was carrying about 40 people and the survivors were taken to nearby hospitals for emergency treatment.