Police Arrest 3 More After 39 Found Dead in UK Truck

Police Arrest 3 More After 39 Found Dead in UK Truck
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
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Police in the U.K. arrested three more suspects on Friday in connection to the deaths of 39 Chinese and Vietnamese nationals whose bodies were discovered in the back of a container truck in Grays, east London, on Wednesday. Thirty-one men and eight women had been locked in a refrigerated trailer that officials believe may have departed from Bulgaria.

A man and a woman, both 38 and from Warrington, were arrested overnight on suspicion of manslaughter and of conspiracy to traffic people, Essex police said in an update.