TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) – Seven illegal migrants were found dead in a refrigerated truck which was left abandoned on the shores of Qarabulli town, around 65 kilometers east of Tripoli.
Libyan authorities found the truck with 34 African migrants held inside, seven of whom appeared to have died of suffocation.
According to the migrants, smugglers packed them into the back of the truck to transport them to a boat which they would use to cross the Mediterranean.
The migrants said the truck driver left the vehicle on the side of the road after unknown gunmen began firing at the tyres.
They were locked inside the truck for two days before officers found them early Sunday morning.
