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Vietnamese court finds Australian guilty of terrorism
The Vietnamese victims of UK truck tragedy
British police on Friday confirmed the names of the 39 victims, who are all Vietnamese nationals, found dead in a refrigerated truck in southeast England last month. After Tiep dropped out of high school, he told his family he wanted to work overseas instead of becoming a fisherman in his coastal home province. On October 21, two days before the truck was found, he wrote to his family asking them to get $ 13,000 to pay to smugglers for his trip to the UK, the last they heard from him.
UK police name 39 Vietnamese victims of truck horror
British police on Friday released the names of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a refrigerated truck last month, including two 15-year-old boys. Many were from the same two provinces in Vietnam, Nghe An and Ha Tinh, which are known as hubs for illegal emigration — and where relatives have been desperately waiting for news. Of the 39 victims found in a shipping container parked near the south-east English port of Purfleet on October 23, 10 were under the age of 20 and eight were female.
UK police ID all 39 Vietnamese victims found in truck
Vigil held in UK for 39 Vietnamese who died in a truck
Vigil held in UK for 39 Vietnamese who died in a truck
Who are the Vietnamese feared dead in UK truck tragedy?
AFP has spoken to several families of Vietnamese nationals missing in Britain, feared to be among the 39 people found dead in a truck in Essex last week. DNA has been collected from relatives as officials in Vietnam and the UK scramble to officially identify the victims. On October 21 he wrote to his family asking them to get $ 13,000 to pay to smugglers for his trip to the UK, the last they heard from him.
Driver charged as more Vietnamese feared among 39 UK truck victims
British police investigating the deaths of 39 people in a refrigerated truck charged the driver on Saturday with manslaughter and people trafficking, as families in Vietnam expressed fear their loved ones were among the dead. The 25-year-old from Northern Ireland was “charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering”, Essex police said. Three more people are in custody in Britain over the investigation, the country’s largest murder probe since the 2005 London suicide bombings.
Vietnamese village prays, awaits news on loved ones' fate
