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4 people freeze to death while trying to cross from Canada into US
Canadian police have found the bodies of four people, including an infant, in a snowy field near the US border.
The group of four died from exposure due to the frigid cold, which dropped to -35C (-31F) with wind chill.
The bodies of a man, a woman, a teenage boy and an infant were found near Emerson, Manitoba, on Wednesday, January 19.
US officials say the dead are believed to be from India. They are thought to have been attempting to cross into the US.
Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Assistant Commissioner, Jane MacLatchy shared the discovery with reporters in a news conference on Thursday, January 20.
“What I am about to share is going to be difficult for many people to hear,” she said, calling it “an absolute and heartbreaking tragedy”.
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