Bug: Found the 7th body this year at the border with Belarus

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A spokesperson for the Lublin police of the super. Andrzej Fjołek told PAP on Saturday that in the village of Stary Bubel in the municipality of Janów Podlaski an officer of the Territorial Defence Army noticed a human body drifting in the central part of the Bug River on Friday. Firemen recovered the body of a man aged about 30-40.

No papers were found on the body to identify the deceased. According to Fijołek, everything indicates that it is the body of another individual who most likely tried to illegally cross from Belarus to Poland.

Seven bodies this year.

Since the beginning of the year, 7 bodies have been found in the Bug River close the border in Lublin Voivodeship. The investigation in this case is conducted by the territory Attorney's Office in Biała Podlaska, which determines the identity of the dead and the origin of death.

So far, it has been established that 1 of the victims was a 26-year-old citizen of Eritrea. The origin of his death was drowning.

Over 500 attempts to cross the border

According to the Nadbuża branch of the Border Guard, more than 500 people tried to cross the Polish-Belarusian border in Lublin Voivodeship illegally this year. First of all, they were citizens of Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq, Pakistan and Ethiopia.

Last year it was about 450 foreigners. The construction of an electronic barrier is ongoing at the Polish-Belarusian border in Lublin Voivodeship.

Electronic barrier until July

According to the announcement, the construction is due to be completed in July of this year. The strategy will include, among others, about 1.8 1000 camera poles, 4.5 1000 day-to-night and thermal cameras, and peculiar sensors for detecting various physical features of objects.

It was besides planned to install about 200 kilometres of power cables and the same transmission cables. The surveillance center for the barrier will be located in the Commander of the Perbuzhian Border defender Division in Chełm.

Integration with existing systems

The barrier will besides include 7 final posts located in the branch facilities. In addition, the strategy is to be integrated into existing reflection towers and the Border defender Information Network.

(PAP) gab/ mick/ Note: This article was edited with Artificial Intelligence.

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