AMSTERDAM: All eyes will be on the District Court of The Hague at the Schiphol Judicial Complex (JCS) in Badhoevedorp today as the criminal proceeding against four men accused of shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 begins.

It was reported that MH17 was downed by a BUK missile while flying over the conflict-hit eastern Ukraine. All 298 people on board, comprising 43 Malaysians, 193 Dutch nationals and 27 Australians, were killed.