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The commander and senior enlisted Marine of the Corps’ first Marine special operations company have been relieved of their duties, according to a posting on the command’s Web site.

The firings occurred April 3, one month after members of the company allegedly killed eight civilians after a Marine convoy was ambushed by a car bomb. The company was pulled out of Afghanistan days after the alleged incident.

The official Web site for Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command said Lt. Col. Paul Montanus, commander of 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, “lost trust and confidence in the MSOC leadership.”

The Web site does not list the names of the Marines who were relieved.