A group of 35 people found in a container at a British port are Sikhs from Afghanistan, Essex police confirmed on Sunday. The 35 men, women and children - many of whom were suffering from dehydration and hypothermia, and one of whom died as a result - were released from the container on Sunday after arriving at Tilbury Docks via Belgium, dpa reported. They were brought to a nearby hospital for medical treatment, but no one was in critical condition. They are being looked after by the Red Cross. Police failed to confirm the exact time period that the group had spent in confinement. They said workers unloading the ship had heard banging and shouting from inside the container and that rescuing them had taken several hours. The group is thought to have been trafficked to Europe from Afghanistan, and British police are coordinating with Interpol to discover the circumstances leading to the transport. They are treating the man's death as a homicide, with a post-mortem and a forensic examination of the container to be carried out. -- SPA 19:12 LOCAL TIME 16:12 GMT تغريد
