27 Ethiopian migrants found dead in Zambia

Police in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, on Sunday discovered 27 dead bodies of suspected foreigners dumped by unknown people.

The bodies of suspected Ethiopians were discovered in the early hours of Sunday in the Ngwerere area on the outskirts of the Zambian capital after the police were alerted by members of the public.

The victims are ‘all males aged between 20 and 38’, the police said in a statement, adding they were all believed to be Ethiopian citizens.
Officers found a 28th man ‘gasping for breath’ and he was taken to hospital.

Ethiopian migrants often use Zambia when traveling to countries such as South Africa, though reports of deaths in transit there are rare.