witness, she watched Gilani Iriskhanov being taken away. After the shooting was over she went to the Iriskhanovs' house, where she was told that the soldiers had also taken away Zurab Iriskhanov.
49. On 6 June 2005 the investigators questioned the deputy head of the Samashki village administration, Mr Kh.Ts., who stated that in the summer of 2002 he had learnt about the abduction of the Iriskhanov brothers by military servicemen. According to the witness, the brothers had not participated in the activities of illegal armed groups.
50. On 7 June 2005 the investigators questioned the applicants' neighbour, Ms Z.N., who stated that at about 7 p.m. on 19 June 2002 she had been at home when she had heard armoured vehicles in the street. She had gone outside and next to the Iriskhanovs' house she had seen three APCs and a group of military servicemen, who had just opened fire. After the shooting was over, she went to the applicants' house and learnt that the servicemen had taken away their sons Gilani and Zurab. Then about 300 local residents gathered and went to the military commander's office. For three days they waited for news of the abducted men, but to no avail. On the third day a convoy of military vehicles drove away from the military commander's office. The locals wrote down the registration numbers of the vehicles and provided them to the authorities in a collective letter, signed by a number of local residents including the witness.
51. On 11 June 2005 the investigators questioned the applicants' neighbour, Ms M.Dzh., who provided a statement similar to those given by her fellow villagers (see paragraph 45 above). In addition, she stated that on the third day they had been waiting at the military commander's office, a helicopter had landed there for about ten minutes and then had taken off again. After that a convoy of APCs and Ural military lorries had driven away from the military commander's office; their numbers had been written down by the residents, who had submitted them later to the authorities in a collective letter. According to the witness, these were the same military vehicles which had participated in the abduction of the applicants' relatives.
52. On 16 August 2007 the investigators questioned the second applicant, who stated that at about 8 p.m. on 19 June 2002 he had been at home when he had heard gunshots. He had gone into the street and seen his son Zurab being forced into an APC. His other son, Gilani, was in the vegetable garden with his hands up and then was also forced into an APC. After the brothers had been forced inside, the vehicles drove away. Several days later the applicant learnt that his sons were detained in the RUBOP in Grozny; some time later Gilani was released, but Zurab never returned home.
53. According to the Government, the investigators also requested information about the disappearance from various State authorities. According to the responses received from various district prosecutors' offices, district departments of the interior, military prosecutors' offices, and detention centres in the Southern Federal Circuit, no information concerning the detention of Zurab Iriskhanov or the discovery of his corpse was available.
54. Although the investigation failed to establish the whereabouts of Zurab Iriskhanov, the investigators sent requests for information to the competent State agencies and took other steps to have the crime resolved. The law enforcement authorities of Chechnya had never arrested or detained Zurab Iriskhanov on criminal or administrative charges and had not carried out a criminal investigation in his respect. No special operations had been carried out in respect of the applicants' son.
55. The Government submitted the investigation had found no evidence to support the involvement of the federal forces in the crime and that the inve
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