Row on row: The bagged victims were gathered and piled onto vehicles before being taken to a train station in rebel-held Torez, nine miles from the crash site
The Final Indignity: Bodies Of MH17 Crash Victims Tossed Into Rubbish Trucks And Carted Off To Morgue Train After Three Days Laying In 85f Heat -- Daily Mail
* Observers report an overwhelming stench of death, as despairing families attack 'inhumane' treatment of bodies
* Around 200 corpses were left in the heat for three days before being piled up and driven to refrigerated carriages
* But refrigeration 'broke down overnight', and Ukrainian government said rebels are holding up departure
* Dutch forensic experts were promised that the train would leave this afternoon - but destination is unclear
* International outrage at Russia and the rebels intensified today with talk of sanctions, as Putin hits back
As if the heartache couldn’t get any worse, families of MH17 victims were today greeted with the most undignified scene imaginable – their loved ones in black body bags being lined up on the side of a road and thrown into the back of rubbish trucks.
Almost 200 victims were piled high in the sweltering heat on eastern Ukraine before being carted off to a refrigerated train after their passenger jet was shot down by a surface-to-air missile.
For three days the 298 victims of the attack were left where they fell, in a field near the village of Grabovo in eastern Ukraine which is controlled by pro-Russian rebels, widely suspected of shooting the plane out of the sky on Thursday afternoon.
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Malaysian Flight MH17 News Updates -- July 21, 2014
Live coverage: MH17 investigators in Ukraine -- BBC
MH17: UN to vote on international access to crash site - live updates -- The Guardian
Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash in Ukraine LIVE UPDATES -- RT
Pro-Russian rebels hand over black boxes, release Malaysia Air victims' remains -- FOX News
Bodies from Malaysia crash begin journey to Amsterdam -- USA Today
Malaysian prime minister says rebels have agreed to turn over black boxes -- Washington Post
MH17 plane crash: Dutch experts examine bodies -- BBC
Access to crash site improving, European monitors say -- CNN
MH17: Dutch experts arrive at crash scene as heavy fighting breaks out -- The Guardian
Fighting flares in Ukraine as crash investigators arrive -- Reuters
Dutch expert says Ukraine body recovery team 'did a hell of a job' -- Reuters
Flight 17: U.S. builds case against rebels, Russia in downing of jet in Ukraine -- Washington Post
Russia challenges accusations that Ukraine rebels shot down airliner -- Reuters
Ukraine Gives Up Lead on Airliner Investigation -- VOA
Ukraine says all bodies from crash to go to city of Kharkiv, then Netherlands -- Reuters
Ukraine says pro-Russian rebels tampered with airliner recorders -- Reuters
Ukraine says has evidence missile that shot down plane came from Russia -- Reuters
Ukraine to Suspend Military Action Within 25-Mile Radius of MH17 Crash Site -- RIA Novosti
Donetsk militia put MH17 bodies on train amidst concerns over intl experts’ absence -- RT
Rebels mistook MH17 for Ukranian military plane: Report -- Economic Times
Putin: Taskforce at Malaysia MH17 crash site not enough, full-scale intl team needed -- RT
Defiant Putin warns the West not to use MH17 tragedy for 'selfish political ends', as Ukraine accuses Russia of spiriting away shrapnel-hit bodies to avoid implicating rebels -- Daily Mail
Putin Warns Against Attempts to Use Boeing Crash in Ukraine for Political Goals -- RIA Novosti
Moscow to Back UN Resolution Aimed at Unbiased Boeing Crash Probe in Ukraine -- RIA Novosti
Netherlands opens war crimes investigation into airliner downing -- Reuters
What MH17 means for Russia-Ukraine -- Ian Bremmer, Reuters
Conspiracy theories and the useful idiots who are happy to believe Putin's lies -- Dominic Lawson, Daily Mail
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: What we know now -- Jessica Durando, USA TODAY Network
My Comment: Just another example on the contradictory information that is coming out of this news story .... the above Daily Mail article talks about how the bodies were treated disrespectfully .... but over at Reuters they are saying the opposite .... Dutch expert says Ukraine body recovery team 'did a hell of a job' -- Reuters
Update: The bodies are now being moved and the black boxes will be handed over to Malaysia.
2 comments:
To date I have not seen any discussion of what the separatists would gain from shooting this plane down.
I can't imagine what it would feel to know someone on that plane... I'd imagine its a combination of great sadness and intense anger and rage at the whole affair..
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