Factbox: Four on trial over shooting down of flight MH17 in Ukraine

Prosecutors Thijs Berger, Dedy Woei-a-Tsoi and Ward Ferdinandusse attend the criminal trial against four suspects in the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, in Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The first hearing in the criminal trial of four men accused of murder for their roles in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine began in the Netherlands on Monday:

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