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After more than eight years, the MH17 victims' families await a verdict

Jon and Meryn O'Brien with a photo of their son Jack (SBS).jpg

Jon and Meryn O'Brien with a photo of their son Jack Source: SBS News

More than eight years ago, 298 people lost their lives when a passenger jet was shot down over Ukraine - 38 Australians were on board. After a lengthy investigation, four defendants were prosecuted in a Dutch court over the incident. Some of the families of the Australians killed will travel to the Netherlands to hear the judgment this week.



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