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MH17: One year on

One year ago Newcastle Utd fans Liam Sweeney and John Alder were on a flight which was shot down over eastern Ukraine killing all 298 people on board. It was a tragedy which united the region in shock and grief.

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Hammond: 'justice must be delivered' for MH17 victims

The airliner crashed in Ukraine in pro-Russian rebel-held territory. Credit: Reuters

The Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said "justice must be delivered" as the anniversary of the MH17 disaster which killed 298 people was marked.

"A year ago today, 298 people, including 80 children, lost their lives on MH17. Justice must be delivered for the 298 innocent people who lost their lives. That requires an international tribunal, backed by a resolution binding all UN member states, to prosecute those responsible. Any attempt to undermine this process would deprive the victims of justice and cannot be tolerated.

– FOREIGN SECRETARY PHILIP HAMMOND

Newcastle Utd fans John Alder and Liam Sweeney were among ten Britons who were on the Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur flight when it was brought down by a missile over Ukraine a year ago.

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