Yesterday Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over territory held by Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine. 298 victims were said to have perished in the airline that was headed from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Today identities of the passengers - all of whom are thought to have died - have begun to emerge.
The victims include nine Britons, 173 Dutch and 27 Australians. Among the dead also included three Australian children, aged between eight and 12, who were travelling with their grandfather. The tragedy has sparked outrage across the globe, with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk leading calls on
world powers to support his government in bringing to justice 'those b****** who committed this international crime' after a passenger plane was shot down over his country. More photos below...
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| Briton Glenn Thomas, 49 |
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| Real estate agent Albert Rizk |
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| Mr Rizk's wife Marie |
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| Melbourne student Elaine Teoh |
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| Perth man Nick Norris |
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| NSW resident Sister Philomene Tiernan |
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| Roger Guard's wife Jill |
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| retired pathologist Roger Guard |
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| stweardess Azrina Yakob, right, was thought to have been working on board the flight |
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| Three grandchildren, Mo Maslin, 12, (left), his brother Otis, eight, (centre) and sister Evie Maslin, 10, (right) were killed on the flight along with their grandfather Nick Morris |
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| Dutch citizen: Regis Crolla, |
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| Pilot: Eugene Choo Jin Leong was flying MH17 when it was shot down. |
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| Leading HIV researcher Joep Lange |
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| Martine de Schutter was travelling to Melbourne for an AIDS conference |
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| AIDS researchers Pim de Kuijer |
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| World Health Organisation media relations coordinator Glenn Thomas |
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| Mourners have laid flowers at the doorstep of the embassy to pay respect to victims |
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