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39 found dead in truck near London were Chinese Nationals

British police said on Thursday that 39 people found dead in a truck near London were all believed to be Chinese nationals, as officers conduct the country’s largest murder probe in more than a decade.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]British police said on Thursday that 39 people found dead in a truck near London were all believed to be Chinese nationals, as officers conduct the country’s largest murder probe in more than a decade.

Emergency workers made the grisly discovery on early Wednesday inside the refrigerated container of a truck parked in an industrial area east of London, shortly after it had arrived on a ferry from Belgium.

The case has triggered shock and outrage in Britain, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson describing it as an “unimaginable tragedy”.

The local police force said in a statement that eight of the dead were women and 31 were men.

“All are believed to be Chinese nationals,” Essex Police said.

China’s foreign ministry said its embassy staff in London was heading to the scene “to verify this situation”.

The grim discovery has drawn attention to the shadowy people trafficking business and efforts to stem the flow of illegal migrants to Britain.

Police also confirmed that officers had searched three properties in Northern Ireland overnight in connection with the investigation.

The addresses are believed to be linked to the truck driver, a 25-year-old man from the province, who was arrested at the scene in Grays, east of London.

“We arrested a man on suspicion of murder, who remains in custody,” police said, adding that they were not identifying him.

“Substantial operation”

Police said a coroner would try to establish the cause of death of the 39 victims, before investigators then attempt to identify each individual.

“This will be a substantial operation and, at this stage, we cannot estimate how long these procedures will take,” Essex Police said.

With the help of immigration officials and the National Crime Agency (NCA), Essex Police are leading biggest murder probe in Britain since the 2005 terror attacks in London that killed 52 people.

Forensic investigators could be seen working by the truck throughout Wednesday.

Police said it was later moved to a “secure location” at the nearby Tilbury docks, “to give the utmost dignity to those within the trailer as we prepare for a coroner’s post-mortem examination”.

Route from Zeebrugge

The container section came by ferry from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge into Purfleet on the River Thames estuary — a crossing that takes nine to 12 hours.

The vessel docked there at around 12:30 am Wednesday (2330 GMT Tuesday) and the truck left the port area about half an hour later.

Emergency services were then called to the Waterglade Industrial Park at around 1:40 am.

Prosecutors in Belgium have launched their own probe and confirmed Thursday that the container had passed through Zeebrugge, one of the world’s biggest and busiest ports, on Tuesday.

“It is not yet clear when the victims were placed in the container and whether this happened in Belgium,” the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said.

It added that its investigation “will focus on the organisers of and all other parties involved” and be carried out in close cooperation with Britain.

Essex Police revealed the tractor unit of the truck entered Britain on Sunday on a ferry from Dublin to the Welsh port of Holyhead.

They had earlier said they believed the tractor originated in Northern Ireland.

The vehicle had licence plates issued in Bulgaria after it was registered there in 2017 by an Irish citizen, according to Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

He said the unit had not entered Bulgarian territory since and there was “no connection with us”.

“Clandestine entry”

In another incident on Wednesday, police in Kent, a county in southeast England, said they had discovered nine people stowed away in the back of another truck, after stopping the vehicle on a motorway.

After precautionary medical checks, they were passed to immigration officials.

The NCA said the number of migrants being smuggled into Britain in containers and trucks had risen in the last year.

In May, the agency warned there had been “increasing use of higher risk methods of clandestine entry” to Britain by organised immigration crime gangs.

The latest deaths drew comparisons to previous cases in Britain and continental Europe.

In 2000, the bodies of 58 clandestine Chinese immigrants were discovered in a Dutch truck in the English port of Dover. Two people survived.

(With Inputs from AFP)

 

 

 

 

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Cabin crew members on SkyWest airplane fight over first class seat, flight delays by an hour

Reports said the incident happened on March 12 when the flight was about to take off from Los Angeles to Houston.

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Seems like aviation atrocities are not going to end anytime soon. Recently, a SkyWest flight got delayed for an hour after a clash broke out between two flight attendants.

Reports said the incident happened on March 12 when the flight was about to take off from Los Angeles to Houston. A video, now-deleted, was shared by a passenger, Ashley Brewer wherein a male flight attendant was seen arguing with his woman colleague after a disagreement.

Reportedly, a woman passenger requested the male flight attendant if she could exchange seats with a person in the economy to sit beside her husband during the journey. The male attendant agreed, however, his colleague refused.

This disagreement triggered the crew members to bicker about the airline’s rules and regulations. Things turned ugly when the female flight attendant decided to leave the aircraft. Further, the gate crew handled the situation and replaced both crew members.

After the incident came to light, the SkyWest flight responded to it and claimed that the airline was not aware of the situation.

The company, in a statement, said it regrets the action of its staff members and also apologised for the inconvenience. It further apologised to the passengers onboard for the delay and informed them that an internal investigation is being conducted in connection to the incident.

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Khalistan supporters attack Indian consulate in San Francisco, graffiti demanding Amritpal’s freedom sprayed on walls

As per the reports, various videos of the Indian consulate attack by Pro-Khalistani supporters surfaced. The videos were reportedly recorded by the mob of attackers themselves. It was also reported that the mob of Khalistani attackers vandalised the Indian consulate building and damaged the glass windows.

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Punjab maybe under a mobile internet shutdown since Saturday last but the Central government’s attempt to arrest Khalistani supporter Amritpal Singh reverbrated across the world with pro-Khalistan supporters attacking the Indian consulate in San Francisco, USA. This is despite the lack of mobile internet in Punjab.

In San Francisco, protesters sprayed graffiti on the consulate saying “Free Amritpal”. Close aides of the self-styled successor of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale are being rounded up and are being booked under tough statutes. The reflowering of the Khalistan call on Indian soil has been irking the government since the attack on a Punjab Police station by Amritpal and his hardline supporters.

Earlier in the day, the Indian High Commission in London saw the tricolour being lowered by Khalistani elements. This prompted a swift response from India on the London incident by summoning a senior British diplomat.

As per the reports, various videos of the Indian consulate attack by Pro-Khalistani supporters surfaced. The videos were reportedly recorded by the mob of attackers themselves. It was also reported that the mob of Khalistani attackers vandalised the Indian consulate building and damaged the glass windows.

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The episode transpired after few employees of the Indian consulate removed few Khalistani flag which was installed near the consulate building. Upon witnessing the flags being taken down by the employees, the protesting Khalistani supporters outside the consulate broke through the barricades and charged at the employees. The employees, however, were able to flee and rush into the Indian consulate house.

The agitated the supporters then went on to vandalise the Indian consulate building while loud Punjabi music was played in the background, said reports.

Indian High commission in London, after the episode of the Tricoulour was pulled down and replaced with Khalistani flag earlier, proceeded to install a huge Indian National flag in a bid to counter the pro-Khalistani supporters.
The move by the Indian High Commission in London was also lauded by many.

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan condemns pro-Khalistan protest at Indian High Commission

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Monday, strongly condemned the attempted storming of the Indian High Commission in the UK city by pro-Khalistan protesters who also tried to pull down the Indian flag from atop the building.

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Monday, strongly condemned the attempted storming of the Indian High Commission in the UK city by pro-Khalistan protesters who also tried to pull down the Indian flag from atop the building.

In a tweet, Khan condemned “the violent disorder and vandalism that took place”, adding that such kind of behavior has no place in London.

Top UK government officials have also condemned the vandalism at the Indian Commission as “disgraceful” and “completely unacceptable” and assured that the British government will take security of the premises “seriously.”

According to a statement by the Metropolitan Police an investigation has been launched into the incident in which two security staff members sustained minor injuries but did not require hospital treatment.

Scotland Yard issued a statement saying they received calls reporting a disorder on Sunday afternoon, adding that a suspect has been arrested and investigations are underway.

In a tweet Foreign Office minister Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon said he was he was “appalled” and the government would take the security of the Indian High Commission “seriously”.

The British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis termed the incident as “disgraceful” and “totally unacceptable”.

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On Sunday, protesters shouting loud pro-Khalistani slogans and waving pro Khalistani flags, tried to vandalize the Indian flag after they attempted to storm the Indian High Commission in the UK capital.

The visuals from the incident have gone viral on social media platforms as users demand stern action against those responsible for the desecration and also demand an explanation from the British authorities for allowing such an incident to happen.

India registered their strong protest to the incident. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the senior-most UK diplomat in New Delhi was summoned late evening on Sunday to convey India’s “strong protest” at the actions taken by separatist and extremist elements against the Indian High Commission in London.

The MEA said India has demanded an explanation for the “complete absence” of British security at the premises which allowed the separatist elements to enter the commission grounds.

They said the diplomat was also reminded of UK government’s basic obligations under the Vienna Convention.

The MEA in its statement said that India finds the British government’s “indifference” to the security of Indian mission’s premises and personnel as unacceptable and expects the UK government to take immediate steps “to identify, arrest and prosecute each one of those involved” in the incident, and put in place stringent measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents.

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