Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash: Rescuers find 251 bodies at crash site, 86 body fragments

Members of the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry walk past body bags at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, on July 20, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Members of the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry walk past body bags at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, on July 20, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

KIEV (REUTERS) - Rescuers found 251 bodies and 86 fragments of bodies by late on Sunday at the crash site of a Malaysian airliner and a second train with refrigerator wagons to take the remains away has arrived, a Ukrainian government committee said.

In a statement, the committee investigating the disaster said the first train where the remains of almost 200 victims have been placed before starting their journey home was stuck in the station in the town of Torez because "terrorists are blocking its exit".

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