With respect to the incident in his father-in-law's house where the petitioner was wounded and his sister-in-law was shot, the State party argues that although it is probable that members of the USC were under orders to arrest, torture or kill UNOSOM informants at that time, there is no explanation for why the sister-in-law - who presumably did not work for UNOSOM - was killed and the petitioner himself only wounded.
En lo que respecta al episodio en casa de su suegro, en que el autor resultó herido y su cuñada murió de un disparo, el Estado Parte aduce que, si bien es probable que algunos miembros de la milicia del USC tuvieran orden de detener, torturar o matar a los informantes de la ONUSOM en ese momento, nada explica que matasen a la cuñada, quien presumiblemente no trabajaba para la ONUSOM, y en cambio el propio autor sólo resultase herido.