Focus shifts to identifying dead after 39 bodies found in English truck container

As police are attempting to identify 39 bodies found in a truck container in Britain, a 25-year-old truck driver arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder has been identified as Mo Robinson from Portadown, County Armagh in Northern Ireland.

The container lorry where 39 people were found dead inside leaves Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, heading towards Tilbury Docks. Source: Press Association

Britain launched a major murder investigation after 39 dead bodies were found on Wednesday in a refrigerated truck - once again putting the spotlight on the shadowy people trafficking business.

The corpses were found in the truck container at an industrial park in Grays, east of London, triggering outrage among politicians.

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