Making press statement on the 28th day of each month, Justice Initiative for Roboski was in Ankara yesterday.
45 months after Roboski Massacre, new documents and info were revealed.
“Roboski Massacre whose offenders weren’t found taught us the state fell out with each other and hid the truth.”
National Intelligence Organization caused it
“It came up that National Intelligence Organization (MİT) caused the massacring bombardment with its intelligence.
According to the soldiers ‘smugglers’ were killed
“Senior officers like captain using unmanned air vehicle, wing commander, border division commander, gendarmerie commando division commander tried to warn the officials that targeted group included smugglers. However, they thought General Staff knew a secret information which they didn’t know when the bombardment was decided.
New statements and info show that…
“New statements show that the offenders of Roboski Massacre are evident and they escape from justice. The state should face the past, put the massacre offenders on trial and then punish them.”
What happened?
On December 28, 2011, 34 people were bombed by fighter jets in Uludere district of Şırnak province in southeastern Turkey.
On June 11, 2013, Public Prosecution of Diyarbakır decided of non-jurisdiction about the case due to “reckless homicide” and sent the case to Military Prosecution of General Staff. Military Prosecution declared to proceed no further on January 7, 2014. Lawyers of the victims’ families objected, but they were rejected. (HK/BD)
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