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TWO YEARS AGO WAS AN ACT OF GROSS MASS MURDER

MH 17

The reconstructed front of the Malaysia Airlines plane that was downed by a missile over Ukraine, killing 298 people

A coroner has found the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine almost two years ago was an act of gross mass murder. He delivered the finding after conducting an inquest at the request of the families of six New South Wales victims who were among the 298 people killed. Gross mass murder is how New South Wales State Coroner Michael Barnes summed up the downing of Flight MH 17. Under Australian law, coroners' are able to hold inquests into the deaths of people from their jurisdictions who die overseas...



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