* Motorists shocked by piles of bodies near highway
* Thought to be Ethiopians migrants who suffocated
* Second such incident this year
DAR ES SALAAM, June 27 (Reuters) – Dozens of dead Ethiopian
immigrants were dumped on the side of a road in Tanzania after
suffocating in a container truck along with many others who
survived, in the second fatal human trafficking incident in the
country this year.
Up to 45 bodies were dumped along a busy forest highway, the
local Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday, and a further 72
were found alive and taken to hospital.
“When the driver discovered that there were people dying, he
decided to throw them in the forest and run away with his
vehicle,” the paper quoted Deputy Home Affairs Minister Pereira
Ame Silima as saying.
Police in the in the central region of Dodoma, where the
bodies were found on Tuesday, declined to comment.
“I haven’t seen anything like this … There were so many
bodies lined up along the road. People in passing vehicles were
shocked at the sight,” said local resident Fatuma Amir.
The east African country is a major transit route for
migrants, used by smugglers to ferry Somalis and Ethiopians to
South Africa and Europe.
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