A military court in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır has ruled to take the testimonies of 19 village guards who presumably witnessed the murder of a Turkish soldier of Armenian origin under dubious circumstances while performing his military service in 2011.

In the fifth hearing of the Sevag Şahin Balıkçı case, a lieutenant commander and a forensic science expert were appointed as experts, while village guards were notified to be questioned at the next hearing.

The military judge overseeing the case is reported to have said that it is “his honor to make sure the case is completed in the fairest way.”

Meanwhile, İsmail Cem Halavurt, Balıkçı’s lawyer said that he has also demanded the camera records of the incident.

The next hearing of the case is scheduled for April 6, Hürriyet Daily News reported.

Balıkçı was shot on April 24, 2011, in a gendarmerie station of Batman province by another soldier, Kıvanç Ağaoğlu.