 "Bodies of 20 Malaysian victims of MH17 crash arrive in Kuala Lumpur")
The plane carrying the bodies of 20 Malaysian victims of MH17 crash have finally arrived in Kuala Lumpur on the national day of mourning as two minutes of silence is observed.
A chartered plane that took off from Amsterdam landed in Kuala Lumpur around 2:00 GMT.
National flags will be flying at half mast as the national mourning day is observed, reports the BBC.
A few Malaysian soldiers marched up to the plane and escorted the bodies as they were unloaded.
All the coffins were draped in the Malaysian national flag.
Three Malaysian bodies out of 20 have been cremated in the Netherlands.
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