Bizarre claims: Igor Girkin said the bodies had been dead for days and reeked of decomposition The rebel commander blamed for shooting down flight MH17 has made bizarre claims that bodies at the crash site 'aren't fresh'. Pro-Russian separatist Igor Girkin has claimed corpses near the debris died days before the plane took off. According to rebel website Russkaya Vesna, the leader was told by people at the scene in eastern Ukraine that 'a significant number of the bodies were drained of blood and reeked of decomposition.' Girkin, also known as Strelkov and allegedly a former Russian intelligence agent, also suggested that a large amount of blood serum and medications were found in the wreckage.
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Igor Girkin claimed corpses around the wreckage died before plane took off
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Pro-Russian rebel said they were drained of blood and decomposing
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He was said to be one of the laughing rebels who filmed the attack
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Tweeted after the attack: ‘We warned you – do not fly in “our sky”.’
The information has not been confirmed but the commander said: '@placeholder authorities are capable of any baseness.'