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Downing of flight MH17: Dutch court sentences three men to life in prison

The court under the direction of President Steenhuis (2ndL) stands prior to the verdict in the trial of four men prosecuted for their involvement in the M17 downing case, in Badhoevedorp on November 17, 2022. © John Thys, AFP

Dutch judges on Thursday convicted three men of murder for their role in the 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, and sentenced them to life in prison. A fourth man was acquitted.

The convicted men, two Russian former intelligence officers and a Ukrainian separatist leader, were found guilty of downing the plane and killing all 298 people on board.

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