Majority of 39 found dead in UK truck likely from Vietnam: Community leader

Police have said they believe the dead were Chinese but Beijing said the nationalities had not yet been confirmed

The majority of the 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London were likely from Vietnam, a community leader from the rural, rice-growing community where many of the victims are believed to have come from told Reuters on Saturday.
 

The discovery of the bodies - 38 adults and one teenager - was made on Wednesday after emergency services were alerted to people in a truck container on an industrial site in Grays, about 32km (20 miles) east of central London.
 

Police have said they believe the dead were Chinese but Beijing said the nationalities had not