SYDNEY — Tearful relatives of several Australians who were flying on the Malaysian jetliner that was shot down over eastern Ukraine a year ago gathered for a memorial service Friday that included the unveiling of a plaque set in soil from the place where they died.
There were 38 Australian citizens and permanent residents among the 298 people on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014, when it was shot down. Everyone on board was killed.
On Friday, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott unveiled a permanent memorial to the Australian victims in the …read more
Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer
