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Probe Unearths Buk Missile Parts At MH17 Crash Site

August 12 2015

Ukraine

Investigators examining the wreckage of a Malaysian airlines flight that went down over eastern Ukraine last year say parts of an anti-aircraft missile were found near the plane's crash site, reports Dutch News.

The suspected Russian missile parts were found in a recovery mission. They may have originated from a Buk surface-to-air missile system, said Dutch prosecutors in a statement on Tuesday.

The debris "are of particular interest to the criminal investigation as they can...

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