Eight Somali immigrants suffocate to death in lorry

Eight illegal immigrants from Somalia have been found dead in the back of a lorry in Mozambique, apparently from asphyxiation, daily newspaper Noticias reported Friday.

The driver of the truck, transporting cooking oil, had reportedly been paid 300 dollars to hide the group.

The lorry was stopped by police late Wednesday for inspection in the district of Mocuba, where the grim discovery was made.

The dead are believed to have previously been resident in the Maratane refugee centre in northern Mozambique, but had escaped and were attempting to reach South Africa.

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