Unearthed fragments not human bones
Güncelleme Tarihi:
Doğan News Agency
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Haziran 04, 2009 00:00
DİYARBAKIR - Bones discovered in the Silopi District of Şırnak’s wells are animal bones from mammals, birds and turtles, not the bones of murder victims, according to final study results from the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institution.
The wells were examined after allegations that they were used to dispose of bodies in the 1990s.
The forensics institution’s report also indicated that neither bullet holes nor stab wounds could be identified on the pieces of clothes found in the shafts.
The spotlight fell on the wells after statements from Tuncay Güney, an Ergenekon case informer, and Abdülkadir Aygan, a former informer from the outlawed-Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, and alleged former member of JİTEM, the gendarmerie’s intelligence and anti-terror unit which existence has never been officially recognized.
Following the allegations of the Şırnak Bar Association and relatives of missing people, the Silopi Prosecutor’s Office started investigations in three wells on the Sinan facilities near the highway of Silopi and Cizre and on the BOTAŞ facilities.
During the investigations and under the supervision of Nuşirevan Elçi, 23 pieces of bone, burned pieces of cloth, hair, a glove and a 1.5-meter-long rope tied into a hogtie were discovered.
The findings were examined by Istanbul Forensics Medicine Institution and it was reported that no human bones are among them, the hair samples are not human hair, the glove do not carry evidence of gunpowder and the cloth pieces were unfit to determine whether or not they had bullet holes or stab cuts.
The Forensics Medicine Institution stated that the inspection of bones and other findings from the Silopi BOTAŞ facilities were ongoing. Other excavations were also made in Cizre and 20 suspected human bones were found there. Six people were arrested related to those findings.
The forensics institution’s report also indicated that neither bullet holes nor stab wounds could be identified on the pieces of clothes found in the shafts.
The spotlight fell on the wells after statements from Tuncay Güney, an Ergenekon case informer, and Abdülkadir Aygan, a former informer from the outlawed-Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, and alleged former member of JİTEM, the gendarmerie’s intelligence and anti-terror unit which existence has never been officially recognized.
Following the allegations of the Şırnak Bar Association and relatives of missing people, the Silopi Prosecutor’s Office started investigations in three wells on the Sinan facilities near the highway of Silopi and Cizre and on the BOTAŞ facilities.
During the investigations and under the supervision of Nuşirevan Elçi, 23 pieces of bone, burned pieces of cloth, hair, a glove and a 1.5-meter-long rope tied into a hogtie were discovered.
The findings were examined by Istanbul Forensics Medicine Institution and it was reported that no human bones are among them, the hair samples are not human hair, the glove do not carry evidence of gunpowder and the cloth pieces were unfit to determine whether or not they had bullet holes or stab cuts.
The Forensics Medicine Institution stated that the inspection of bones and other findings from the Silopi BOTAŞ facilities were ongoing. Other excavations were also made in Cizre and 20 suspected human bones were found there. Six people were arrested related to those findings.