About 42 people have suffocated to death in a truck in Tanzania. Security officials say the truck was carrying immigrants. 74 have survived.
The bodies were discovered on Tuesday in the truck in Dodoma province, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) west of Tanzania’s economic capital Dar es Salaam.
Tanzania Police said the truck driver fled the vehicle after finding the dead bodies.
Deputy Interior Minister Pereira Silima said, “Police and immigration officials are questioning the survivors to establish their identity including names and nationality.”
It was initially reported the migrants were from Malawi, but officials said that they were suspected to be originating from the Horn of Africa region to the north, and were on their way southwards to Malawi.
“Preliminary reports noted that the immigrants were destined to Malawi,” Silima said.
In December, 20 Somali migrants were found dead in Tanzania.
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