LONDON - The downing of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner in eastern Ukraine may amount to a war crime, a high-ranking United Nations official said on July 28 in a statement that chronicled a mounting death toll from "extremely alarming" clashes in regions controlled by pro-Moscow separatists and blamed the rebels for imposing a "reign of fear and terror."
Murder In The Sky: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
New York Times: UN rights official says downing of Malaysian plane may be a ‘war crime’
This picture released by the Australia Prime Minister Office on July 25, 2014 shows Prime Minister Tony Abbott (R) being briefed by the Australian Federal Police assistant commissioner Michael Outrim about an aerial view of the MH17 crash site.
