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At least eight migrants, mostly children, were suffocated to death in a refrigerated truck carrying about 100 people in western Libya, security forces said on Monday
. According to regional security forces in the western city of Zuwara, six children, a woman and a young man died from asphyxiation, they said.
It was not immediately clear how long the migrants – from Bangladesh, Pakistan as well as the Arab and African countries were left by smugglers locked in the vehicle east of Zuwara [19659004] "We were informed of a suspicious truck east of Zuwara, near the Mellitah gas complex". Spokesman of the security forces in Zuwara, told AFP
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"We followed the tip and grabbed the refrigerated truck used to store the fish and found 100 migrants inside. (some) asphyxiated and "The hospital of Zuwara, a coastal town located 100 km west of Tripoli and near the Tunisian border, has been placed in a state of emergency to cope the large number of migrants admitted
The statement did not specify how many migrants were to be hospitalized, but indicated that some of them were in serious condition and had respiratory problems.
Cradled by the Anarchy since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that overthrew and you the longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has become a key transit country for illegal migration across the Mediterranean Sea.
Migrants, who are exploited by smugglers, often attempt treachery on non-navigable boats. Make your way inland in Europe and start a new life.
Traffickers often use trucks to move migrants before putting them on boats for Europe.
In February, 20 migrants were killed in a truck accident. 's moved while seven died of asphyxiation in June 2017 in a refrigerated truck.
Security forces said that a manhunt was under way for the culprits of the latest incident "who were identified".
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