Migrant heading to UK is stabbed to death in Calais Jungle following gang brawl
Sudanese man in his 30s was the latest to be killed in fighting as rival mobs from the camp battle to board lorries
A MIGRANT heading for the UK was stabbed to death in a huge brawl between gangs from the Calais Jungle.
The Sudanese man, in his 30s, was the latest to be killed in fighting as rival mobs from the camp battle to board lorries.
Gangs from Sudan and Afghanistan clashed as they competed to get on to a motorway near the French port to stop or slow trucks so they could stow away across the Channel.
Fifteen were seriously injured, including another Sudanese man, 35, found with head injuries next to the dying stab victim.
The fighting started along the A26, known as the English Motorway.
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A source close to the investigation said: "As two gangs from Sudan and Afghanistan competed to get on to the motorway to stop the lorries, a fight broke out.
"Weapons including knives and sharpened sticks were used, and the situation got very violent indeed.
"The man tried to get away, and was found covered in blood in a field close to a local canal.
"He was rushed to hospital, but died from his wounds. Others are still being treated in hospital.
"It was a hugely violent fight and there were similar disturbances in other parts of the road system."
“The situation got very violent. The man tried to get away and was found covered in blood in a field. He was rushed to hospital but died. Others are still being treated.”
A firefighter who helped to rescue the wounded said: “There were bodies everywhere.”
Eleven migrants have died in the Calais area this year, including a man hacked to death during a gang fight last month.