10 a) regarding the detonation of an explosive device close to the “Así es la Noticia” newspaper that occurred on January 31, 2002, the Office of the Public Prosecutor commenced the pertaining investigation, undertaking several procedures. On June 25, 2007 the Fiscalía Quincuagésima de la Circunscripción Penal del Área Metropolitana de Caracas (Caracas Metropolitan Area Criminal District Prosecuting Office Number Fifty) issued a decree whereby the case was closed by the prosecution; b) regarding the damages to both the newspapers’ headquarters that occurred in 2004, the Office of the Public Prosecutor commissioned the Fiscalía Sexagésima Segunda y Centésima Vigésima Tercera de la Circunscripción Judicial del Área Metropolitana de Caracas (Caracas Metropolitan Area District Prosecuting Offices Number Sixty-Two and Number One Hundred and TwentyThree), which undertook procedures such as: visual inspection, photographic fixation, the requirement to have a facial composite performed; photographs related to the facts were procured, expert procedures were carried out to obtain fingerprints and a listing of the affected vehicles. On October 23, 2007 the aforementioned prosecuting offices issued a decree whereby the proceedings were closed by the prosecution; c) regarding the events on August 21, 2007, during which journalist Vanessa Gómez was wounded, the Fiscalía Centésima Vigésima Quinta del Ministerio Público de la Circunscripción Judicial del Área Metropolitana de Caracas (Caracas Metropolitan Area Judicial District Office of the Public Prosecutor’s Prosecuting Office Number One Hundred and Twenty-Five) was commissioned. In the course of such investigation, actions such as examinations by forensic physicians and interviews, among others, were carried out, and d) with reference to the aggressions against the press photographer, that occurred on March 15, 2007, information was requested from the Office of the Public Prosecutor. 34. That the representatives pointed out that: a) The procedures undertaken by the Office of the Public Prosecutor are insufficient, inasmuch as they do not establish who the perpetrators of the investigated acts were and therefore they represent but a formal compliance. There are both photos and videos of the events where the facts took place, wherein the perpetrators are perfectly identifiable, and b) the State has neither informed about the action taken to identify those responsible, nor about the outcome thereof. 35. That the Commission stated it was concerned about the circumstance that two of the cases opened to investigate into the facts leading to adopt the provisional measures are closed without it having been possible neither to identify those responsible nor to submit them to the pertaining punishment. With respect to the foregoing, the Commission considered that the State has the obligation to investigate