"I really hope that my aunt's body is sent back to Malaysia"-victim's relative
- 10 years ago
A family grieves as they scroll through photos of Siti Amirah Kasuma.
The 83-year-old woman had been on flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur Thursday.
Her nephew said she had been traveling to celebrate Eid al Fitr with family in Malaysia.
(SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Malaysia) SITI AMIRAH KASUMA'S NEPHEW SHAHADAT EDID BEY, SAYING:
"She already promised all our relatives that she would come back home during Eid to celebrate, we already made some preparations for that like new clothes, cookies and many more things to celebrate Eid."
Kasuma, along with 297 other passengers, perished when the Malaysian airliner was allegedly shot out of the sky in eastern Ukraine.
Both Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the incident.
Now Kasuma's family just hopes her body will be recovered.
(SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Malaysia) SITI AMIRAH'S NEPHEW SHAHADAT EDID BEY SAYING:
"I really hope that my aunt's body is sent back to Malaysia, even if the remains ar
The 83-year-old woman had been on flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur Thursday.
Her nephew said she had been traveling to celebrate Eid al Fitr with family in Malaysia.
(SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Malaysia) SITI AMIRAH KASUMA'S NEPHEW SHAHADAT EDID BEY, SAYING:
"She already promised all our relatives that she would come back home during Eid to celebrate, we already made some preparations for that like new clothes, cookies and many more things to celebrate Eid."
Kasuma, along with 297 other passengers, perished when the Malaysian airliner was allegedly shot out of the sky in eastern Ukraine.
Both Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the incident.
Now Kasuma's family just hopes her body will be recovered.
(SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Malaysia) SITI AMIRAH'S NEPHEW SHAHADAT EDID BEY SAYING:
"I really hope that my aunt's body is sent back to Malaysia, even if the remains ar