▁and ▁" E ven ▁I , ▁as ▁head ▁of ▁state ▁in ▁this ▁very ▁t ense ▁situation , ▁cannot ▁claim ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁control ▁those ▁elements ▁in ▁the ▁military ". ▁He ▁also ▁denied ▁any ▁responsibility ▁for ▁the ▁kill ings , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁issue ▁any ▁shooting ▁orders , ▁and ▁was ▁in ▁his ▁office . ▁Cam ara ▁has ▁also ▁denied ▁knowledge ▁of ▁sexual ▁assault s ▁by ▁soldiers . ▁He ▁later ▁called ▁for ▁a ▁UN ▁investigation ▁into ▁the ▁incident , ▁an ▁African ▁medi ator ▁between ▁the ▁various ▁Gu ine an ▁political ▁parties ▁and ▁a ▁national ▁unity ▁government . ▁The ▁Econom ic ▁Community ▁of ▁West ▁African ▁States ▁( E CO W AS ) ▁dispatch ed ▁President ▁Bla ise ▁Com pa or é ▁of ▁Bur k ina ▁F aso ▁to ▁act ▁as ▁a ▁medi ator . ▁The ▁proposal ▁for ▁national ▁unity ▁government ▁was ▁rejected ▁by ▁the ▁opposition , ▁calling ▁it ▁a ▁t actic ▁to ▁di vert ▁attention ▁from ▁the ▁mass acre . ▁ ▁On ▁ 7 ▁October , ▁Cam ara ▁announced ▁a ▁ 3 1 - member ▁commission , ▁including ▁ 7 ▁jud ges ▁from ▁the ▁Justice ▁Ministry , ▁to ▁investigate ▁the ▁details ▁behind ▁the ▁incident . ▁Cam ara ▁claimed ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁an ▁independent ▁inqu iry . ▁ ▁Death ▁to ll ▁controvers y ▁Three ▁days ▁after ▁the ▁incident , ▁the ▁jun ta ▁stuck ▁to ▁as ser ting ▁a ▁death ▁to ll ▁of ▁ 5 6 , ▁while ▁they ▁were ▁accused ▁of ▁secret ly ▁b ury ing ▁several ▁bodies ▁in ▁the ▁Al pha