45 bodies recovered from container in Quetta

QUETTA: Forty-five people apparently suffocated to death in a closed container found abandoned here in Hazar Ganj area on Saturday.

According to sources, 150 people were inside the container who were being illegally taken across border.

The container was reportedly being transported from Afghanistan to Iran via Pakistan.

Eyewitnesses say, most of the deceased apparently belonged to Afghanistan and tribal areas. They said the driver of the container when opened the container’s door found the people inside it dead and unconscious due to suffocation.

The driver escaped from the scene leaving the truck on the road, witnesses added.

The bodies and unconscious people have been shifted to nearby hospitals.