EUROPE-MIGRANTS/AUSTRIA-ARRESTS Hungary police arrest three Bulgarians, one Afghan related to migrant deaths in Austria

Record ID: 142187

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/AUSTRIA-ARRESTS Hungary police arrest three Bulgarians, one Afghan related to migrant deaths in Austria
  • Date: 28th August 2015
  • Summary: BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (AUGUST 28, 2015) (REUTERS) STREET OUTSIDE ADDRESS WHERE COMPANY APPEARING TO BE THE OWNER OF TRUCK FOUND CARRYING BODIES OF MIGRANTS, MASTERMOBILKER, IS REGISTERED VARIOUS OF LISTS WITH COMPANY NAMES, MASTERMOBILKER AMONG THEM BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 12th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Hungary
  • Country: Hungary
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA26R8KSCCF95AFYNYS8SVTV9AA
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hungarian police have arrested three Bulgarians and one Afghan citizen in relation to the truck found in Austria in which 71 migrants have died, Hungarian police said on Friday (August 28).
    "In relation to this case on Thursday members of the National Investigational Office apprehended and detained four people, including three Bulgarians and one Afghan citizen. Houses were also searched in relation to this case and nearly 20 other people were questioned as witnesses. The Hungarian police is constantly cooperating with the Austrian authorities," Hungarian police spokesperson Viktoria Csiszer-Kovacs told local channel HIR TV.
    According to a Hungarian company register, the firm that apparently owns the truck, Mastermobilker Ltd., was sold by its Hungarian owner in May and currently belongs to an individual registered in Ukraine. Mastermobilker had been undergoing bankruptcy procedures since July 2014, the register showed.
    The truck bore the logo of what appeared to be the Slovak company Hyza, which was quoted by Hungarian news website Index as saying that it had sold it along with 19 other vehicles to seven Slovak buyers.
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