3 males sentenced to life in jail for capturing down flight MH17 that killed 298
3 min readA Dutch courtroom has sentenced three males to life in jail for his or her function in capturing down Malaysia Airlines passenger jet MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, which killed all 298 folks on board.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 18, 2022 08:28 IST
Dutch investigators examine the crash web site of flight MH17 close to the Grabove village in jap Ukraine (AFP file picture)
By India Today Web Desk: A Dutch courtroom on Thursday sentenced three males to life imprisonment for his or her function in capturing down Malaysia Airlines passenger jet MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.
The District Court in The Hague discovered former Russian intelligence brokers Igor Girkin and Sergey Dubinskiy, and Ukrainian separatist chief Leonid Kharchenko responsible of the homicide of 298 folks onboard flight MH17, which was shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile when it was flying over jap Ukraine in 2014.
A 3rd Russian nationwide, Oleg Pulatov, was acquitted.
The three convicted males had been additionally ordered to pay at the very least 16 million euros ($16.5 million) in compensation to kin of the victims.
However, the lads stay fugitives. They are all believed to be in Russia, which won’t extradite them.
READ | A take a look at flight MH17 crash, the deadliest airliner shoot-down until date
The judges dominated that it was a deliberate motion to convey down a aircraft, regardless that the three discovered responsible had supposed to shoot down a navy not a civilian plane, reported the BBC.
Reacting to the sentencing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated, “An important decision of the court in The Hague. The first sentences for those responsible for shooting down #MH17.” He additionally added that those that ordered the assault should face trial.
Important courtroom determination in The Hague. First sentences for the perpetrators of #MH17 downing. Holding to account masterminds is essential too, as the sensation of impunity results in new crimes. We should dispel this phantasm. Punishment for all RF’s atrocities then & now’s inevitable.
— Володимир ЗеленÑький (@ZelenskyyUa) November 17, 2022
While Kyiv welcomed the decision, Russia rejected it, calling the conviction of its two residents a “scandalous” determination by the Dutch courtroom. Moscow has repeatedly denied duty for the downing of the jet.
“The trial in the Netherlands has every chance of becoming one of the most scandalous in the history of legal proceedings,” Russia’s international ministry stated in a press release.
It additional acknowledged that the courtroom had been below unprecedented strain from Dutch politicians, prosecutors and the media to impose a politically motivated final result.
ILL-FATED FLIGHT MH17
On July 17, 2014, Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 took off from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport and was sure for Kuala Lumpur.
Only a number of hours into the flight, a missile exploded simply above and to the left of the cockpit, inflicting the aircraft to interrupt up in midair, in keeping with a global investigation. Everyone onboard, together with 80 kids, was killed.
The victims got here from 17 international locations and included 198 Dutch nationals, 43 Malaysians, 38 Australians and 10 from the UK. A 41-year-old Indian-origin man, who was a part of the flight crew, additionally misplaced his life.
(With inputs from Reuters)
Edited By:
Devika Bhattacharya
Published On:
Nov 18, 2022
