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

LONDON, Oct 28 (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)