Bulgarian cops have apprehended 4 individuals after they discovered the bodies of 18 dead migrants from Afghanistan, consisting of that of a kid, in an abandoned truck near the capital Sofia, authorities stated on Friday.The truck was transferring timber and carrying unlawful migrants concealed in compartments, the interior ministry stated in a statement, including it was discovered near the town of Lokorsko, Reuters reported.Some of the migrants suffocated, the head of the National Investigative Service, Borislav Sarafov, said.The migrants crossed the border with neighbouring Turkey illegally and concealed in the woods for two days before they were packed onto the truck near the city of Yambol in southeastern Bulgaria, he told reporters.Thirty-four migrants, including 5 kids, were rushed to medical facilities in Sofia and some were in a critical, however steady, condition, Health Minister Asen Medzhidiev stated.&& There has been a lack of oxygen to those who were locked in this truck.

They were freezing, wet, they have actually not consumed for a number of days,& & Medzhidiev told reporters.One of the four people apprehended had already been sentenced for human trafficking, stated Atanas Ilkov, a senior police official.

He stated charges would be made when there was enough evidence.Bulgaria is positioned on a path used by migrants from the Middle East and Afghanistan to enter the European Union.Most do not remain in the country, however look to proceed to richer nations in Western Europe, typically using fancy networks of smugglers.In 2015, three Bulgarian truck drivers were apprehended and later on charged with the deaths of 71 migrants found dead next to an Austrian motorway.In December, Bulgaria was obstructed from entering the EU&& s passport-free Schengen zone by Austria and the Netherlands over security and rule-of-law concerns, but the nation will seek to get entry once again this year.The post Eighteen Afghan migrants discovered dead in truck in Bulgaria initially appeared on Ariana News.