“On 10 January 2005 the Tunceli prosecutor dismissed the case on the grounds that the alleged terrorists had opened fire first and injured two brigadiers, one of whom had died as a result of his wounds; the prosecutor concluded that the soldiers had acted in self-defence. That decision was not communicated to Ms Günel.
10 Ocak 2005’te Tunceli Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı, militanların ateş açarak iki jandarmayı yaraladığını, birinin öldüğünü belirterek askerlerin “nefsi müdafaada bulunduğuna” hükmetti, jandarmalar hakkında takipsizlik kararı verdi.