Migrant crisis: Austria lorry held more than 70 bodies
Austrian officials now say the bodies of more than 70 people, thought to be migrants, were in an abandoned lorry found on a motorway on Thursday.
They originally estimated that between 20 to 50 people died in the vehicle, found near the Hungarian border. Police sent to investigate the dumped lorry on the A4 road towards Vienna discovered the decomposing bodies.
The local police chief said it appeared those in the vehicle had been dead for one-and-a-half to two days.The victims were probably already dead when the vehicle crossed into Austria from Hungary, authorities said. It is unclear how they died.
The vehicle was towed to a customs building with refrigeration facilities in Nickelsdorf where forensic teams worked through the night to examine the bodies.
Austrian police are expected to reveal the exact toll at a news conference at 11:00 (09:00 GMT) on Friday, according to BBC.