Netherlands set to prosecute suspects in MH17 airliner downing
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS JUNE 18, 2019 / 7:08 PM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Netherlands set to prosecute suspects in MH17 airliner downing
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (Reuters) - International investigators are set on Wednesday to launch criminal proceedings against suspects in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine nearly five years ago.
The Dutch-led international team tasked with assigning criminal responsibility for the planes destruction is to inform victims families of progress in their case on Wednesday morning, followed by a presentation to the media.
Dutch broadcasters RTL and NOS reported late last week that investigators would reveal the names of individual suspects.. An Interfax Ukraine report on Tuesday quoted Ukraines Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Olena Zerkal in an interview as saying prosecutors would name four top suspects.
MH17 was shot out of the sky on July 17, 2014 over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine as it was flying from Amsterdam to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. All 298 people on board were killed.
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