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UK police: man arrested in Ireland is of interest in truck death investigation

FILE PHOTO: Detective Inspector Martin Pasmore of Essex police speaks to the news media at Grays police station regarding the deaths of thirty-nine immigrants who were found inside a lorry, Essex, Britain October 26, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) - British police said a man arrested in Dublin on Saturday is a person of interest in their investigation into the deaths of 39 people who were found in a truck container.

"A man arrested by the Garda at Dublin Port on Saturday 26 October is a person of interest in our murder investigation regarding the 39 people found dead in a lorry in Purfleet on Wednesday 23 October," Essex Police said.

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge, editing by Estelle Shirbon)

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