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7/19/14

Ukraine says rebels blocking crash inquiry

Pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine are being accused of blocking the investigation into the apparent shooting-down of a Malaysian passenger jet with 298 people on board.

The accusations were made as observers from the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) arrived at the crash site for a second time on Saturday, a day after they were asked to leave after being given limited access to the farmland where the jet went down.

Ukraine's government said that it had evidence Russia was helping pro-Moscow rebels cover up and destroy evidence from the crash site.

"Terrorists with the support of Russia are trying to destroy proof of this international crime," the government said in a statement on Saturday, adding that rebels had removed 38 bodies from the scene and were blocking Ukrainian investigators from accessing the site.

Read more: Ukraine says rebels blocking crash inquiry - Europe - Al Jazeera English

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