Speculations are mounting that survivors of the village of Roboski massacre could actually be tried for smuggling.

The air raids launched by the Turkish Armed Forces on 28 December in the vicinity of the village of Roboski killed 35 people. Three people in the group of small border smugglers survived the massacre. The government tried to cover up the killings by saying it was a "mistake". But evidences from the survivors as well as the fact that no investigation has yet been launched into the massacre prove that things are different. That was a route abitually used by the villagers to go into Iraq to buy mainly sugar and fuel to sell. The army knew it well.

Now, newspapers are reporting that the survivors of the massacre have been called on Sunday by military officers who wanted to question them over their smuggling activities.

The three survivors, Davut Encü, Salih Encü and Hacý Encü told the Taraf daily on Monday that military officers had called them to a military base in the Uludere district for questioning over allegations of the “violation of passport laws,” “crossing a border illegally” and “bringing goods into the country illegally.”