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Update: 52 dead bodies recovered from a container in Pakistan
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by hussain | April 4, 2009 at 05:53 am
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At least 52 dead bodies and some people in unconscious condition were recovered from a container in a neighbourhood of Quetta, the capital city of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, on Saturday.
Earlier reports said that 45 bodies were recovered.
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.
QUETTA: Dead bodies of 40 people have been recovered from a container here in Hazar Ganj area on Saturday.
According to sources, the people were likely to be illegally taken across border.
Eyewitnesses say, most of the deceased apparently belonged to Afghanistan and tribal areas.
Some unconfirmed reports have put the number of dead bodies as 110.
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at 08:18 on April 4th, 2009
Imagine what it must have been like in there.. awful.
at 09:14 on April 4th, 2009
It would appear that not everyone wants to live under Sharia law as practised in Afghanistan. Apparently Iranian society is much more tolerant.
at 09:32 on April 4th, 2009
I am afraid you are wrong here. It may not be Shariah law but unending fighting and absence of economic opportunities that forced these people to flee.
at 09:54 on April 4th, 2009
the method appears to be extremely drastic .. normally this is one of the ways the Chinese "Snake head" human traficing gang sends people to the West. we are definatelly missing the real picture.
mention of children and "most teenagers" is also important because of the posibililty of sex trade or use of children for games by Arabmillionares. but Iran seems to be the most awkword destination it is the last place to send people for sex trade and its population is not that rich or has same taste in camel racing like its other oil rich Arab neighbours.
at 06:49 on April 4th, 2009
Why are people being shipped to Iran? Are those refugees? Trying to escape the fighting?
at 08:28 on April 4th, 2009
Aljazeera reports "Most of the dead to be teenage Afghans and at least five of them were small children."
at 13:45 on April 4th, 2009
Thanks for this, Hussain!
at 15:53 on April 4th, 2009
Why Iran??
there is an obvious and accurate answer: F O R W O R K. Aghanis are illegal workers all over Iran, as they are cheapest and unfortunately less skilled or educated workers. Construction sites, cleanings, all dirty jobs: that is what they are given to do, like any other similar situation around the world.