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Piet Ploeg, left, who lost his brother, Alex, his sister-in-law and his nephew, and Anton Kotte, right, who lost his son, daughter-in-law and grandson, arrive at the court for the trial of four men charged with murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, at Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, March 9, 2020. A missile fired from territory controlled by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine in 2014, tore the MH17 passenger jet apart killing all 298 people on board. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Piet Ploeg, left, who lost his brother, Alex, his sister-in-law and his nephew, and Anton Kotte, right, who lost his son, daughter-in-law and grandson, arrive at the court for the trial of four men charged with murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, at Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, March 9, 2020. A missile fired from territory controlled by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine in 2014, tore the MH17 passenger jet apart killing all 298 peopl…

March 9, 2020

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Dutch trial opens for 4 suspects in downing of flight MH17
March 9, 2020 6:53 a.m.

Dutch trial opens for 4 suspects in downing of flight MH17

SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — As the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with multiple counts of murder for their alleged involvement in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 got underway Monday, a Dutch prosecutor solemnly read out the names of all 298 people killed in the attack.