UK charges truck driver after 39 people found dead
By DW
28 October 2019 |
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A 25-year-old has been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter after police found the bodies in a truck. Vietnamese families are worried their relatives may be among the dead — as police struggle to identify the victims.
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