NDP supporter was leading the demonstrations against them; she did not mention this allegation to the PPO. Furthermore, the Second Victim said the PPO police officer, Nabil Selim, was the one who dragged her from the taxi with the Third Victim, meanwhile, the Third Victim later retracted her submissions to the African Commission, indicating that she discovered a year later that Nabil Selim was not the officer who dragged them from the taxi. The AC HP R Second Victim also mentioned in her submissions to the African Commission that she had been sprayed in her face by an assailant, a matter which she never mentioned to the PPO; ii. The Third Victim also retracted her accusations of Officer Nabil Selim after one year of the incident, and according to the Respondent State, the PPO had established beyond any doubt that he could not have been at the scene at the time of the protest; iii. The Fourth Victim alleged to the African Commission that she was beaten by Mr. Mohammed El Deed from the NDP, and this was never mentioned to the PPO. She also alleged in her submissions before the African Commission that when she went to the hospital the following day, doctors insisted on calling the police, and the police refused to investigate based on jurisdictional reasons. This she never mentioned to the PPO.23 98. On the basis of the above, the Respondent State declares that the Victims‟ former accusations were unfounded and simply made to support their Complaint. According to the Respondent State, the statements of the 23 See Note Verbale from the Respondent State of 31 October 2008 with attached discrepancies. 26