THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A lawyer for relatives of people killed in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine told a court hearing April 15 that 290 relatives and partners of the victims have filed compensation claims for “emotional distress” against the four suspects charged in the downing.
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Chairman of the MH17 Air Disaster Foundation, Piet Ploeg speaks via video link during a hearing on the legal and diplomatic aspects of the crash of flight MH17 in the Lower House in The Hague, The Netherlands, Dec. 3, 2020.
