International Desk: At least 27 people, believed to be migrants from Ethiopia, dumped in a farming area on the outskirts of the capital after they died from suspected hunger and exhaustion. One more person was still alive and taken to the hospital, authorities said.

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Preliminary police investigations showed the victims were all males aged between 20 and 38 and had been dumped along a road by unknown people.

BBC reported by quoting Zambian police that the bodies of 27 people were recovered by the Zambian police from the side of a road in the country on Sunday. The victims were Ethiopian migrants and died of starvation and exhaustion after their bodies were dumped next to an agricultural farm on the outskirts of the capital.

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According to the police, one person who survived the incident was rescued early Sunday morning and was later taken to Lusaka Hospital for treatment. Besides, their bodies have been taken to the morgue for post-mortem to identify the dead and determine the exact cause of death.

Zambia police spokesperson Danny Mwale said some residents saw the bodies and informed the police at around 6am local time on Sunday.

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According to the BBC, the southern African country of Zambia is a transit point for migrants. In particular, migrants from the Horn of African countries who want to reach South Africa travel to the country as a transit point.

Earlier, authorities recovered 25 bodies of Ethiopian migrants in a mass grave in neighboring Malawi last October.

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