Australian relatives welcome MH17 verdicts

Hollandse Hoogte

VIJFHUIZEN - The MH17 monument in Vijfhuizen. In the court at Schiphol, the court rules in the criminal case against the four men suspected of involvement in the downing of flight MH17. All 298 people on board were killed. Photo: ANP / Hollandse Hoogte / Jeffrey Groeneweg netherlands out - belgium out(Photo by Jeffrey Groeneweg/ANP/Sipa USA) Credit: ANP/Sipa USA

A district court in the Netherlands has found three people guilty over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which killed all 298 people on board. The trial spanned over two years, with families of the victims travelling to the Netherlands to see the verdict being delivered.


It's a ruling which marks the end of a pursuit of justice and the truth over who was responsible for the destruction of MH17 as it flew over eastern Ukraine in 2014.

Two Russian nationals and a Ukrainian separatist were found guilty for the murders of the flight's 298 passengers.
38 Australians were among those killed as they travelled between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur.
The three men were convicted in absentia, to life in prison.
One Russian was acquitted due to a lack of evidence.



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