Second man held over people found in Tilbury Docks container
A second man has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the death of a man and discovery of 34 other immigrants in a shipping container at Tilbury Docks, Essex Police said.
Dead Afghan's family looked on as his life slipped away
The wife and children of the Afghan man found dead in a shipping container in Tilbury Docks watched him die in front of their eyes.
Translator Kamaljit Singh Mataharu told ITV News he had "tears in his eyes" as the dead man's children told him what happened.
He said: "The little boy said to me that he tried to wake his dad but he didn't respond and then they found out he was dead."
The cause of the man's death is still unknown despite a post-mortem being carried out yesterday.
ITV News Correspondent Juliet Bremner has this report:
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