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Possible missile parts identified in MH17 crash, linking disaster to terrorist attack

The team conducting a probe into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine last year said it is examining parts that could be from a Buk surface-to-air-missile system.

By Martijn van der Starre, Bloomberg | Updated on August 11, 2015
Mourners offer flowers at the Netherlands Embassy for the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash victims in Kiev, Ukraine last month. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

(Bloomberg) — The Dutch-led criminal investigation team conducting a probe into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine last year said it is examining parts that could be from a Buk surface-to-air-missile system, following allegations that a missile caused the disaster.

“The parts are of particular interest to the criminal investigation as they can possibly provide more information about who was involved in the crash of MH17,” the Dutch public prosecutor’s office said in a statement Tuesday. No conclusions can yet be drawn as to whether there is a causal connection between the discovered parts and MH17, it also said.

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