Australia is observing an official day of mourning for the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17. More than 30 Australian citizens and residents were among the 298 passengers and crew who died when the airliner was shot down in eastern Ukraine.
A multifaith service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne was part of a day of mourning, when the country paused to remember an atrocity perpetrated so far away.
Thirty-eight Australian citizens and residents were onboard the Boeing 777 that was shot down July 17 while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. They were doctors, teachers, a …read more
Source: Voice of America
