d that they were splinters of an industrially produced ammunition containing trotyl.
39. On 22 May 2000 the investigators questioned Mr S.-S.A., who stated that at about 7.30 p.m. on 16 May 2000 he had seen a light-coloured KAMAZ lorry which had been driving from Gekhi to Roshni-Chu. He had not seen the driver or the passengers. At about 10 p.m. on the same date he had seen the lorry burning about 500 metres from Gekhi. Several teenagers had told him that at about 10 p.m. they had heard a woman screaming for help, and that a bit later they had heard gunshots. On the following day, 17 May 2000, the witness had gone to the scene with police officers, where next to the burnt lorry they had found a child's cap, a woman's hairpin and fragments of brain tissue. The left side of the vehicle had had numerous bullet holes in it. A few days later a resident of Roshni-Chu had discovered the corpses of the applicants' relatives, which were buried on the same day.
40. On 29 May 2000 the investigators questioned a resident of Roshni-Chu Mr S.I. who stated that in the morning of 19 May 2000 he had been searching for his cow on the north-eastern outskirts of Roshni-Chu. About 500 metres from the village he had found a human hand and informed his fellow villagers about it.
41. On an unspecified date the investigators questioned Mr R.Dz. who stated that on the night between 16 and 17 May 2000 he had been woken up at about 2 a.m. by Mr R.S. who had told him that on the outskirts of Gekhi military servicemen had opened fire on his KAMAZ lorry with Ramzan Suleymanov in it. The witness had arrived at the scene at about 2.30 a.m. and found the partially burnt lorry with its engine running. On the right side of the vehicle he had seen the body of Petimat Aydamirova; two other human bodies were on the ground not far away from hers. The witness had been afraid and had not looked closely at the other bodies. When he had returned to the scene on the following morning, the bodies had not been there and the lorry had completely burnt out.
42. On an unspecified date the investigators questioned Mr R.S. whose statement about the events was similar to the one given by Mr R.Dz.
43. On unspecified dates the investigators questioned three military servicemen, Mr G., Mr U. and Mr O. all of whom provided similar statements concerning the events. According to Mr G., who had been the head of the military intelligence group, on 16 May 2000 his group had been taking search measures in the area next to Gekhi. In the evening, at about 10 or 11 p.m., a KAMAZ lorry with its lights off had appeared on the road. The vehicle had been moving at high speed, the driver had not reacted to the warning shots and automatic gunfire had been opened from the vehicle. The servicemen had thought that members of illegal armed groups were travelling in it; therefore, they had opened fire on the lorry. In the vehicle the intelligence group had found two male corpses and an AKM-74 submachine gun. After that the group had left the scene of the incident.
44. On 18 August 2000 (in the submitted documents the date was also referred to as 8 August 2000), in connection with the possible involvement of military servicemen in the killing of the applicants' relatives, the investigation in the criminal case was transferred from the district prosecutor's office to the military prosecutor's office of the UGA (the United Group Alignment), where the case file was given the number 14/33/0332-01. The applicant was informed about it on 18 November 2004 (see paragraph 52 below).
45. On 17 September, 1 October 2001 and 22 April 2004 the applicant wrote to the military prosecutor's office of military unit No. 20102. She stated that her relatives had been killed by Russian military servicemen in May 2000 and inquired about the progress of the investigation. She asked to be granted victim status in the crimin
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