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1st Detachment, pursuant to an order of the 1st Battalion of the JNA’s 17th Tactical Group,
participated in sending young men for military training to Ilok in mid-March 1992. 2904 The
trainees at Ilok were instructed by highly skilled men in camouflage uniforms, members of
special units, whom they knew only by their nicknames. 2905
1513. Borislav Bogunović a Serb from Vukovar, 2906 moved from Šid to Ilok at the end of
November 1991. 2907 He testified that the Red Berets arrived in Ilok at the beginning of
December. 2908 They were stationed both in a building in Ilok known as the white house and in
a vinery called Padjiš on a hill above the town. 2909 The witness was not aware of the reason
for their presence, though he heard from members of the group that their commander was
Franko Simatović and that it was he who generally issued them with orders. 2910 However, the
witness did not have any independent verification of this assertion. 2911 The witness never saw
Simatović in Ilok or anywhere else in the SAO SBWS. 2912 Even though he was never formally
introduced to the group, he testified that whenever he asked Red Berets from Ilok who was
their commander at Ilok, they said it was Frenki. 2913 The Red Berets in Ilok did not co-operate
with the police or the Government: for example, they operated check-points and conducted
searches on their own initiative, and built a petrol station on the vinery property without
obtaining the proper permits. 2914 On a number of occasions there was conflict between the
police force in Ilok and the Red Berets, and assistance was requested from the army. 2915 The
witness also received complaints that the Red Berets entered the houses of local civilians
(Serbs, Slovaks or Croats) armed with weapons, took vehicles for their own use and never
returned them to their rightful owners. 2916 However, the witness was not aware of any
complaints relating to physical abuse, and testified that the Red Berets did not to his
2904 Adjudicated Facts I, fact 295.
2905 Adjudicated Facts I, fact 296.
2906 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), p. 1.
2907 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), para. 21.
2908 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), para. 24; Borislav Bogunović, T. 5998; P569
(Certificate relating to injuries of member of the Unit for Special Purposes of the Serbian MUP in Ilok, 18-19
December 1991).
2909 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), para. 24; Borislav Bogunović, T.6074
2910 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), para. 24; P554 (Borislav Bogunović, witness
statement, 8 February 2007), para. 7; Borislav Bogunović, T. 6001.
2911 Borislav Bogunović, T. 6077-6078.
2912 P554 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 8 February 2007), para. 7; Borislav Bogunović, T. 6077.
2913
P554 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 8 February 2007), para. 7; Borislav Bogunović,T.6001, 6089.
2914 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), paras 9, 24, 29; Borislav Bogunović, T. 6001.
2915 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), para. 9; P554 (Borislav Bogunović, witness
statement, 8 February 2007), para. 8; Borislav Bogunović, T. 5998.
2916 P554 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 8 February 2007), para. 8; Borislav Bogunović, T. 5999-6000.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 538
30 May 2013