Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014 planted the first trees yesterday in a Dutch memorial park not far from where the ill-fated plane departed.
“Today is a very important day for all the next of kin. We are planting the first trees … to create a monument for MH17,” Evert van Zijtveld, chairman of the MH17 victims’ foundation said.
“We are planting the trees to ensure their memory will not be forgotten and to remind us that we still want justice for MH17,” Van Zijtveld, who lost a son, daughter and his parents-in-law, told AFP.
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Source: Gulf times
