The families of Abdulkerim Tufan and Atanur Þahin, two Kurdish guerrillas who lost their life in the clashes in Uludere on 14 and 15 May, have gone to Kuro Þino Hill in the Iraqi Kurdistan Federal Region yesterday, hoping they could locate the bodies of their children. As DIHA News Agency though, the relatives couldn't find the bodies but found instead many bullets. The families are waiting for 14 days the delivery of their sons Tufan and Þahin’s bodies.

Yesterday, twenty-five people, including officials and family members, went to Ortaköy (Aroþ) and continued by helicopter to Kuro Þino Hill.

Abdullah Tufan, uncle of Abdulkerim Tufan, said that they found bullets but there were no bodies. According to locals, soldiers buried the bodies in an unknown places, stated uncle Tufan.

According to Peace and Democracy Party Chair Abit Ýke; military secretly buried the bodies since they are afraid of causing a great dissatisfaction wave of Kurdish people, most likely, because of the bodies were terribly abused.

A committee made up of BDP Chairs, members of the Mesopotamia Solidarity Association for Families of the Missing (MEYA-DER) and mayors of Uludere and Ýdil and families back to Þýrnak to file a complaint against local authorities and military forces.

MEYADER Executive Member Mehmet Yaþar also claimed military for hiding the bodies.