MH17: Bodies expected Wednesday, identification could take months, says Dutch PM


Rutte adresses the media with the latest updates on Flight MH17 on Monday in The Hague. - AFP

THE HAGUE: The first bodies from the MH17 crash in Ukraine will be flown on Wednesday to the Netherlands, where their identification could take months, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said. 

“Tomorrow, the first plane (with bodies) will leave for Eindhoven," in the southern Netherlands, Rutte told journalists on Tuesday after the bodies arrived in Ukraine's Kharkiv from rebel-held territory.

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