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Murder In The Sky: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

Reuters: World figures comment on downing of Malaysian airliner – Factbox

By Reuters.

Published July 18, 2014 at 5:28 pm

US Vice President Joe Biden said \"(The plane) apparently has been shot down - shot down, not an accident, blown out of the sky.\"

Photo by AFP

The following are selected comments from world figures on the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 near the Ukraine-Russia border.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden:

“(The plane) apparently has been shot down – shot down, not an accident, blown out of the sky.”