Flight MH17: Dutch anger boils over. ‘Bodies are just lying there … in the hot sun’ [View all]

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http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/07/21/flight_mh17_dutch_anger_boils_over_bodies_are_just_lying_there_in_the_hot_sun.html

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS—The families and friends of Dutch citizens blown out of the sky above Ukraine poured out their grief and anger Monday at a meeting with their monarch and political leaders.

“This terrible disaster has left a deep wound in our society,” a sombre King Willem-Alexander said after meeting the next of kin at a private meeting. “The scar will be visible and tangible for years to come.”

The Dutch have widely condemned the way the bodies of the victims have been treated in Ukraine and the fact they have not yet been returned home, four days after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 killed 298 passengers and crew, including 193 Dutch citizens.

In an unusual move that underscored the severity of the national trauma, the king gave a brief televised address to the country after meeting hundreds of grieving relatives and friends of the dead near the central city of Utrecht.

“Many people said to us, 'We at least want to take dignified leave of our loved ones,'“ he said. “We understand their frustration and their pain. And we share their heartfelt wish for clarity on the cause of this disaster.”

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