Police may be armed and backed up by defence personnel, but Tony Abbott stresses their only brief is to bring bodies homeAustralia is sending 100 more federal police officers to Europe in the hope they will be able to join a Dutch-led mission to secure the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.Tony Abbott said some of the police could be armed and backed up by defence personnel, as he rejected suggestions the fall of the Ukrainian government could affect the completion of a deal with Ukraine to enter the site. … …read more
Source: The Guardian