VIENNA (Reuters) - Bulgarian authorities have made an arrest in connection with the 71 dead refugees found in an abandoned refrigeration lorry on an Austria highway last Thursday, the prosecutor's office in charge of the case said on Tuesday.
"Austria has issued five European arrest warrants, all of which have now been fulfilled," said Verena Strnad from the prosecutor's office in Eisenstadt in the province of Burgenland where the lorry was found.
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