Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in which 298 people were killed, in a trial to start in the Netherlands next March, an investigation team said on Wednesday. The suspects are likely to be tried in
1 / 3Investigators present latest findings in MH17 downing, in NieuwegeinBy Toby Sterling and Anthony Deutsch
The Dutch-led international team tasked with assigning criminal responsibility for the plane's destruction named the four suspects as Russians Sergey Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov and Igor Girkin, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko. It said international arrest warrants for the four have been issued. Last year Russian President Vladimir Putin called MH17's downing a"terrible tragedy" but said that Moscow was not to blame and that there are other explanations for what happened.Asked if she expected the suspects to attend the trial, Silene Fredriksz, whose son Bryce was on the plane with his girlfriend Daisy, said:"No. No, I don't think so. But I don't care. I just want the truth, and this is the truth.
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