The frail survivors found inside a shipping container at a British port at the weekend following a "horrific ordeal" are Sikhs from Afghanistan and include 13 children, police said Sunday. Staff at Tilbury Docks east of London on Saturday discovered one dead man and 34 others alive after hearing banging and screaming coming from the container.
The survivors were nine men and eight women aged between 18 and 72, and 13 children aged between one and 12.
The man who died is thought to have been in his 40s, and a homicide investigation has been opened into his death.
All the survivors were taken to nearby hospitals to be treated for hypothermia and dehydration.
Four people are still in hospital, and the local Sikh community has been helping meet the survivors' religious and clothing needs.
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