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7 killed in building fire revealed to be illegal migrants
These seven people, who were at first thought to be highway workers according to neighbors' descriptions, were revealed to be illegal migrants, most likely on their way to Europe.
The victims were found by the firefighters stacked on top of each other in the bathroom of the building. Reporters who visited the scene following an investigation by police found two Indian passports and a Pakistani passport inside the building where the migrants were killed.
The reporters informed the police of theirs findings, and the police returned to the scene to conduct a more detailed second examination.
Following this investigation, a police official told reporters that “there are not many burns on the migrants' bodies. The door was locked from outside. They probably could not get out of the building because of the locked door and iron-barred windows. They waited for death in the bathroom.”
In the course of their second inspection of the house, police found a Greek telephone number. Police suspect that the deaths are more likely the result of premeditated murder rather than an accidental fire.
The police took two people -- the owner of the house and an individual previously convicted of human smuggling -- into custody in relation to the incident. During police interrogation, the two said they went to the house before the fire broke out in order to give the migrants some food and then locked the door to prevent their escape.
The police are currently looking for another individual previously convicted of human smuggling. Police suspect these migrants may have been killed deliberately by human smugglers. The investigation into this incident is ongoing.
Police revealed that two of the seven victims were from India -- Amrıt Sıngm (27) and Amardçep Sıngm (20) -- and three were from Pakistan -- Mohammad Osman (20), Selim Tari (18) and Mohammad Abaı (20). The other two men have not yet been identified.
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