Essex lorry deaths: Vietnamese group give police photos of 20 missing people
A UK-based Vietnamese community has provided the police with photos of around 20 people reported missing by families since 39 were found dead in a lorry in Essex.
The group’s website, Viethome, has asked the relatives not to share the images online after sharing with police.
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On Tuesday this week 39 bodies were discovered inside a refrigerated lorry container at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex.
Those reported missing are aged between 15 and 45.
It comes after revelations yesterday of a 26-year-old Vietnamese woman who had text her family a series of messages shortly before the bodies were found.
Identified on Twitter by Human Rights Space coordinator Hoa Nghiem, Tra My is reported to have text her family saying: “So sorry mum and dad. The route to abroad didn’t succeed. Mum. I love you and dad so much. I am dying because I can’t breathe. I am from Can Loc Ha Tinh. Vietnam. Mum. I’m very sorry.”
The Vietnamese embassy in London has contacted Essex Police about the missing woman feared to be among the dead.
Essex Police initially said the deceased were believed to be Chinese nationals, but has since said it is a “developing picture”.
Four people have so far been arrested over the deaths, including lorry driver Mo Robinson, 25, from Northern Ireland, on suspicion of murder.
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On Friday a 38-year-old man and 39-year-old woman from Warrington, Cheshire, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic people and manslaughter.
Later in the day a 48-year-old man was arrested at Stansted Airport.