gence group was executing that task in the area of Gekhi in the Urus-Martan district in the framework of a special operation ordered by the commander of the Army Group "West".
26. According to the Government, the local residents had been informed about the curfew and their obligation, if they happened to be in the area of a special operation, to obey the orders of the military, stop moving, step out of the vehicle if they were driving and wait for the arrival of an inspection group.
27. At about 7.30 p.m. on 16 May 2000 the applicant's relatives Ramzan Suleymanov, his wife Petimat Aydamirova, their minor son Ibragim Suleymanov and their relative Aslanbek Aydamirov were driving from Gekhi to Roshni-Chu in a KAMAZ lorry with registration number A 619 AA 20 RUS.
28. The lorry was moving with its lights off and during the curfew. The intelligence group launched a warning flare and shot a number of warning gunshots. When the lorry then sped up, the chief of the group decided to open gunfire on the vehicle.
29. As a result of the gunfire, the vehicle caught fire and the people inside died. The group inspected the vehicle. Inside they found two partially burnt male corpses and an AKM-74 (submachine gun) No. 282972. After the inspection the group left the area and returned to the place where it was temporarily stationed.
b. Discovery of the bodies of the applicant's relatives
30. At about 9 a.m. on 19 May 2000 on the outskirts of Roshni-Chu a local resident found the bodies of Ramzan Suleymanov and Aslanbek Aydamirov and parts of the bodies of Petimat Aydamirova and Ibragim Suleymanov. All bodies had traces of injuries received as a result of an explosion and were scattered around a shell hole.
31. On the same date, 19 May 2000, the applicant's relatives were buried.
32. The Government did not submit any documents to support their version of the events.
B. The investigation into the killing
33. On 17 May 2000 the applicant's relatives, Mr R.Dz. and the head of the administration, Mr S.-S.A., complained about the killing to the Urus-Martan district military commander's office ("the district military commander's office"). They were assured by the authorities that the culprits would be identified as soon as possible and the corpses of the applicant's four relatives would be returned on the following day.
34. On 17 May 2000 several employees of the district military commander's office, including the military commander, went to the crime scene. They towed the burnt lorry to the premises of a military unit stationed in the area.
35. On 19 May 2000 (in the documents submitted the date was also referred to as 8 August 2000) the district prosecutor's office instituted an investigation into the killing of the applicant's relatives under Article 105 of the Criminal Code (murder). The case file was given the number 24019.
36. According to the Government, on 21 May 2000 the applicant was granted victim status in the criminal case. According to the applicant, she was granted it on 21 May 2004.
37. On an unspecified date prior to July 2000 the investigators examined the crime scene. As a result, they found 59 cartridges of 7.62 mm calibre, 10 cartridges of 5.45 mm calibre, a green military waterproof cape, a yellow metal woman's earring and numerous reddish black spots resembling blood. The left side of the KAMAZ lorry had numerous bullet holes in it.
38. The crime scene examination also established that the corpses and remains of the applicants' relatives had been found on the north-eastern outskirts of Roshni-Chu, about 500 metres from the village, around a shell hole with a diameter of four metres. Pieces of metal were found in the hole and submitted for an expert examination. On 4 July 2000 that examination establishe
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