MH17 shot down by missile brought in from Russia

September 28, 2016 17:15

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over eastern Ukraine by a BUK missile brought into a pro-Russian area of eastern Ukraine by Russia, the head of the Dutch National Detective Force, Wilbert Paulissen said Wednesday.

The statement was made at a press conference in Rotterdam for the release of a report by the Joint Investigation Team, a Dutch-led group of prosecutors gathering evidence for a potential criminal trial.

The findings are the first released by the group, comprised of prosecutors from the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine, in its criminal investigation into the downing of Flight MH17.

The Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flight was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board, including 196 Dutch citizens.

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