ments of a human body all around. The remains looked as though the body had been torn apart by an explosion. The applicant examined the hole and found several pieces of bone, a lock of hair and the lower part of a right leg with a woollen sock, a striped cotton sock and a burnt boot on it. He identified the socks and the boot as belonging to his son, Murad Khachukayev. The other fragments of the corpse of the applicant's son, who had weighed 120 kg when he was alive, were too small and therefore unidentifiable. Some time later the applicant found out that a number of residents of Urus-Martan and the nearby villages had heard the explosion on the night of his son's abduction.
24. The applicant and his relatives buried the remains shortly thereafter. It does not appear that they took photographs of the remains before the burial or contacted any authority or medical doctors about this matter.
C. Official investigation into the events
1. Information submitted by the applicants
25. Following the discovery of Murad Khachukayev's remains, the applicant repeatedly applied, both orally and in writing, to prosecutors at various levels. He referred to his son's abduction, asked for assistance and details of the investigation and complained that the investigating authorities were taking no action. Mostly he received formal responses informing him that his requests had been forwarded to prosecutor's offices at a lower level for examination.
26. On 12 February 2003 the district prosecutor's office instituted a criminal investigation into Murad Khachukayev's abduction under Article 126 § 2 of the Criminal Code (aggravated kidnapping). The case file was assigned the number 34023. The applicant was informed about this decision on 18 February 2003.
27. On 12 February 2003 the investigators conducted a scene of crime examination of the place where the remains had been discovered. As a result, portions of the clothing and two metal objects had been collected for analysis. The scene of crime examination at the applicant's house was conducted thirteen months later (see paragraph 44 below).
28. On 21 February 2003 the applicant was granted victim status in the criminal case.
29. On 4 March 2003 ballistics analysis (взрывотехническая экспертиза) established that one of the metal objects collected by the investigators from the place of the discovery of Murad Khachukayev's remains had been a shell splinter and the other had not been a part of an explosive device. The applicant was not informed about this investigative measure.
30. On 7 April 2003 forensic analysis of Murad Khachukayev's remains concluded that it was impossible to establish the cause of his death. The applicant was not informed about this investigative measure.
31. On 12 April 2003 the investigators suspended the investigation in criminal case No. 34023 owing to the failure to establish the identity of the perpetrators. The applicant was informed about this decision on 16 April 2003.
32. On 23 June 2003 the investigators reopened the investigation in criminal case No. 34023 at the applicant's request. The applicant was informed about this decision on 24 June 2003.
33. On 23 July 2003 the investigators suspended the investigation in the criminal case for failure to establish the identity of the perpetrators. The applicant was informed about this decision on the same date.
34. On 14 August 2003 the investigators reopened the investigation in the criminal case due to "significant incompleteness of the investigation conducted". The applicant was informed about this decision on 15 August 2003.
35. On 15 September 2003 the investigators suspended the investigation in the criminal case for failure to establish identity of the perpetrators. The applicant was informed abo
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