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After active phase of the works on the site of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 crash came to an end, representatives of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic arrived to the village of Rozsypne and stole 36 dead bodies of the victims of the catastrophe, Donetsk Regional State Administration reported referring to the witnesses of the accident's liquidation.

“The armed militants kicked off rescuers and grabbed their communication means. The bodies have been packed into the trucks as sacks. As the militants said, they’re going to take the bodies to Donetsk,” the administration said.

The regional authorities suggested that in this way “the terrorists attempt to frustrate investigative actions.”

“It’s evident that this step has no moral justification,” the Donetsk administration stressed.