Train with bodies of plane crash victims to leave Torez, Donetsk region Monday

World July 21, 2014, 15:57

A special group of medics, police and psychologists has begun working in the Netherlands to gather DNA samples from relatives

THE HAGUE, July 21./ITAR-TASS/. A train with bodies of Malaysian Boeing crash victims will leave the city of Torez, the Donetsk region, later in the day, the head of the group of experts from the Netherlands has told reporters. The group has arrived at the crash site.

The train of refrigerator cars would leave for a site where specialists would do their work, he said.

The train will leave on Monday. However, neither exact time nor destination were known. It was said only that the train would leave in any case. First of all, the victims' families were interested in it, he noted.

Earlier, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told reporters an agreement was reached that the Netherlands would coordinate the work to identify victims in Ukraine.

All the efforts were focused on sending the train to the territory controlled by Ukrainian authorities, he noted. He believes only after that, experts can begin the identification process.

A special group of medics, police and psychologists has begun working in the Netherlands to gather DNA samples from relatives. Specialists also gather information about scars, tattoos and other signs that may help in the identification.

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