Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency says a local militia shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine in July, Der Spiegel reports. The BND is said to possess "ample evidence," though none of it has been made public, reports GHN based on RT.
The statement was made on October 8, when Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) president Gerhard Schindler was holding a secret meeting with members of the parliamentary control committee.
He claimed the militia fired a rocket from a BUK defense missile system which it had captured from a Ukrainian base. It then exploded next to the plane, according to the report.
"Schindler provided ample evidence to back up his case, including satellite images and diverse photo evidence," the report added.
However, no "evidence" has yet been made public, and the BND has not made any official statements on the matter.
At the same meeting, Schindler reportedly said that certain intelligence on the crash provided by the Ukrainian side was false, adding that "this can be explained in detail." However, he did not give much credit to Russia's evidence either.
The German Federal Prosecutor's Office told the newspaper that an investigation has been launched into unknown perpetrators under the possibility that the downing had been a war crime.
