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HRABOVE, Ukraine — Local residents near the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet laid flowers and teddy bears at a makeshift memorial Saturday as they continued to try to make sense of the tragedy. Residents say they have only now been able to absorb what happened after witnessing the fireball, bodies and plane pieces raining down amid thick cloud of smoke when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down Thursday, killing all 298 on board.

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