US demands justice for \\\'unconscionable crime\\\' of MH17: Kerry
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
US Secretary of State John Kerry demanded on Tuesday that the people who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine be brought to justice for their ‘unconscionable crime’. The plane, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, killing all 298 on board. The search for body parts is still not complete due to fighting around the crash site. Pro-Russian separatists using a surface-to-air missile have been blamed for the disaster; using weapons the West believes were supplied by Moscow, although Russia denies this and has blamed Ukraine for the tragedy. The Netherlands lost 193 citizens and 38 Australian citizens or residents were among the dead. ‘We affirm to Australia and the world that we absolutely demand justice for this unconscionable crime ... we will see this through together,’ Kerry said in Sydney after annual security talks. ‘This is unconscionable on a huge international order. We don't want to see these kinds of things ever repeated again,’ according to AFP.