The bodies of 18 migrants have been found inside a truck in Bulgaria.
This was announced by the Sofia Interior Ministry.
The truck, abandoned by the driver near the town of Lokorsko near the capital Sofia, was carrying timber and over 40 irregular Afghan migrants
were in a special hiding place
.
All young men, coming, according to the first investigations by the Sofia prosecutor's office published by the Bulgarian media, from the border with Turkey to be transported towards the border with Serbia.
The truck has Bulgarian license plates, and the police are looking for its driver.
Health Minister Assen Megidiev said that 14 other migrants who were on the vehicle were hospitalized, and four of them are in serious condition.
According to him,
the hiding place of the truck lacked sufficient oxygen
.