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Containers with fragments of bodies and personal belongings of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crash, which were discovered by international experts at the crash site in Donetsk region on Friday and Saturday, August 1-2, were sent from Kharkiv to the Netherlands on Monday, Aug. 4.

In addition, DNA material and personal belongings, which were kept
for some time in a morgue in Donetsk were also sent to the Netherlands,
the state commission which investigates the Boeing 777 crash reported on
Monday.

The state commission said that during the search operations on Monday
some personal belongings of passengers killed in the airliner crash
were found, in particular a passport and photo albums. However, the
search on Monday lasted only for half an hour because gunfire was heard
not far from the crash site.