Police in Austria say the 71 migrants found dead in an abandoned lorry last week appear to have died of suffocation almost immediately after being sealed in.<br /> The refrigerated truck was abandoned on the hard shoulder of a motorway near the eastern town of Parndorf, not far from the Hungarian border.<br /> “Given the number of people and the lack of room inside the truck, at this stage of the investigation we have come to the conclusion that death occurred within a very short timespan for the 71 people concerned, and that happened most definitely on Hungarian territory.”, Hans Peter Doskozil, the Director of Police for Burgenland told reporters at a press conference.<br /> Five arrested<br /> DNA was collected from the driver’s cabin.<br /> Four Bulgarian nationals have been arrested in connection with the deaths, along with one Afghan.<br /> None of the 59 men, 8 women and four children who died in the lorry has been formally identified.
