39 Bodies in UK Truck Container Identified as Chinese Nationals: Police

An aerial view as police forensic officers attend the scene after a truck was found to contain a large number of dead bodies in Thurrock, South England, on early Oct. 23, 2019. UK Pool via AP

Thirty-nine people who were found dead inside a truck in the United Kingdom this week were identified as Chinese nationals, it was reported Thursday.

Police said that the bodies, which were found in Essex, were inside a trailer that had arrived in Purfleet on the River Thames from Zeebrugge in Belgium.