Lidwien Heerkens
- Birth Date:
- 28.11.1958
- Death date:
- 17.07.2014
- Categories:
- KIA of Russian invasion in Ukraine war 2014-25, Victim of terrorist attack
- Nationality:
- Dutch
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Witteveen died on 17 July 2014 at the age of 62 along with his wife Lidwien Heerkens and their daughter Marit Witteveen when they were passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down near Hrabove, Ukraine
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| Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Marit Witteveen | Daughter | |
| 2 |  | Willem Witteveen | Husband |
17.07.2014 | Malaysian Boeing 777 MH17 shot down
According to Doneck terrorist leader Girkin (Strelkov) tweets, plane was hit down by his men. As it was announced before on 29/6/2014 terrorists occupied Ukrainian air defence unit near Ukraine border and have anti-air systems, including BUK (SA-11 Gadfly). Rocket was launched from cossacks' ataman Kozytsin positions. According to some experts, Russian aircraft with Russian tourists was expected to be shot down, to back further wide-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine after Crimea and East Ukraine