Roboski families filed objection against military prosecutor

ANKARA | 21-01-2014 | Families of the Roboski massacre victims have filed a formal objection against the military prosecutor’s dismissal of the investigation into the case.
The General Staff’s Military Prosecutor’s Office have dismissed the investigation into the massacre, on 7 January, saying that military officers have made an “inevitable” mistake while doing their duty.

The petition of objection was delivered to the Air Force’s military court by the lawyers of the victims’ families.
Deputy chair of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Meral Danış Beştaş said they would not expect a positive conclusion despite the objection.

“We have to appeal the verdict in order to bring the case to the Constitutional Court,” Beştaş said. “We will take the case to the zone of international law if we don’t get a result after trying the case in domestic law.”
The bombing, on 28 december 2011, killed 34 civilians, most of them children, while they were on their transborder trade work.
(ANF)