Syrian man found dead on Polish-Belarusian border

Documents found on the body indicated he was a 24-year-old Syrian man, the latest in string of fatalities at the border.

Polish police said they have found the body of a Syrian migrant near the border with Belarus, the latest death among people trying to cross the European Union’s eastern border through dense forest and swamps.

Bialystok police spokesman Tomasz Krupa said on Thursday that a police helicopter spotted the man’s body in a field the previous day. Documents found on the body indicated he was a 24-year-old Syrian man, who had been in Belarus since mid-September.

Prosecutors are investigating the death.