BANANGE AMAZIGA GENTE LYE SANYU LYA WAMBWA!! MU UKRAINE ENYONYI YA MALAYSIA WEYAGUDDE ABANTU E NSIIKO BAJIWENJJA BUSENENE OKU LOOTINGA EBINTU BYABAFFU NTI WALIWO OMULAMBO OMUGAGA OGUSANGIDWA €5000 Rebels Agree To Security Zone At Crash Site Pro-Russian separatists have agreed to set up a security zone around the Malaysia Airlines crash scene amid reports of looting and evidence being compromised. Ukraine said talks between the two sides concluded with an agreement to set up a 20km (12 miles) security zone so that Ukraine could fulfil the most important thing - identify the bodies (and) hand them over to relatives. Concerns have been raised about the investigation into the plane disaster after a team of 30 international observers complained they were confronted by aggressive armed rebels who restricted their access to the crash site. Critically, they said they were unable to speak to anyone about the whereabouts of the jets two black box voice and data recorders. Skys Stuart Ramsay At The Scene Six air accident investigators from Britain and a Malaysian disaster response team are due in the capital Kiev later. Reports of looting have also emerged as victims bodies and belongings remain strewn across the area two days after the crash. Victims Father, Barry Sweeney Skys Michelle Clifford, in Donetsk, said: These disturbing reports are gaining currency about looting at the site, that valuables, credit cards are being taken from bags from the wreckage, and in some cases from bodies. I think we should also see these reports in the context of a propaganda war. It may be part of a narrative to discredit the rebels. Stories Of Victims On Board But, I have just spoken to somebody, a contact I know very well and trust, and he said with his own eyes he saw the rebels taking money and valuables from luggage at the site. Some 298 people, including 10 Britons and 80 children were killed when flight MH17 was brought down near Grabovo, Donetsk. The British Government has joined the United States in blaming pro-Russian separatists for the catastrophe. Downing Street said it appeared increasingly likely a surface-to-air missile had been fired from near Torez, in territory controlled by rebels seeking closer ties to Moscow. US ambassador Samantha Power said Washington could not rule out the possibility that Russia offered help to separatists to launch the missile, believed to be an SA-11. The Boeing 777-200 was flying on an established route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that had been declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. It came down close to where Ukrainian forces have been battling separatists, with both sides blaming each other for the disaster. Ukraine condemned the act of terrorism and released what it claimed was a recording of an intercepted phone call between two Russian military intelligence officers, discussing the downing of the plane. In an unverified video, apparently taken moments after the plane was hit, an alleged pro-Russian rebel boasts: Wow, that was a blast. However, Russia pointed the finger at its neighbour, saying it picked up radar activity from a Ukrainian Buk missile system south of Donetsk when the aircraft came down. :: The Foreign Office has set up a helpline for anyone concerned. Text MH17 to +447860010026, or call +44 20 7008 1500. Malaysia Airliness emergency line is 00 6 037 884 1234.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 07:46:43 +0000
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