The police chief said the group included children, but later told CNN that the eight dead were adult men.
Some of the injuries were caused as tourists and local residents scrambled out of buildings and even leapt from balconies after the 6.5-magnitude quake struck at about 1.30 am local time (Representational image)
Eight people were found dead on Sunday inside a truck in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas in what police said appeared to be “human trafficking crime.”
Another 28 people were injured — 20 of them severely — and were being treated at seven local hospitals, San Antonio police chief William McManus and fire chief Charles Hood told reporters.
The police chief said the group included children, but later told CNN that the eight dead were adult men. He said the truck driver had been arrested.
“We’re looking at a human trafficking crime this evening,” he added. It was not immediately clear how many people may have survived and fled, McManus said. Hood said the air conditioner in the trailer was not working.
( Source : AFP )
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