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camouflage uniforms with blue berets. 2933 On the left sleeve was one round patch with the
Serbian flag and one patch with the word “Milicija”. On the right sleeve there was another
patch with the word “Milicija”. 2934 The overall commander of the SBWS police was Radivoje
Stojičić, a.k.a. Badža. 2935 The witness accepted an offer by Debeli to join the group. 2936 From
that moment on the witness stopped referring to himself as an SRS volunteer. 2937 For about
two to three weeks the group carried out normal police patrol duties in Koprivna, including
night controls inspecting trenches. 2938 The witness was a police officer in Koprivna from early
February until mid-March 1992. 2939
1516. Following the group’s training at Ležimir (see the Ležimir camp), towards the end of
March 1992 the group was brought to Pajzoš, near Ilok, where its members were issued
standard automatic rifles and their blue police uniforms were replaced by new camouflage
uniforms with patches on the left sleeve showing a grey or brown wolf and four Ss in Cyrillic
script. 2940 The brown wolf insignia on the uniform was normally worn by instructors and more
experienced members, the grey wolf was worn by the newcomers. 2941 According to the
witness, when Simatović visited the camp he wore the same insignia and the same sort of
patch showing a wolf, except his wolf was grey and the wolf on the witness’s uniform was
brown. 2942
1517. Due to a shortage in uniforms the colours of the wolf, grey or brown, differed, but
there were more brown than grey wolf patches. 2943 Because red berets were not in stock, the
group received camouflage hats. 2944 They were trained by some of the instructors from
Ležimir and some new instructors they also believed to be of the Serbian police, all wearing
camouflage uniforms with patches of a brown wolf and wearing red berets. 2945 They were told
by Debeli that from then on they were members of a Serbian MUP brigade for special
purposes. 2946 All the vehicles had licence plates of the Serbian MUP. 2947 During the operation
2933 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004) para. 27; Witness JF-047, T. 7669.
2934 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004) para. 27.
2935 Witness JF-047, T. 7619-7620.
2936 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004) para. 25.
2937 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004) para. 27.
2938 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004) para. 28.
2939 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004) para. 27; Witness JF-047, T. 7668-7670.
2940 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004), para. 30; Witness JF-047, T. 7679.
2941 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004), para. 30; Witness JF-047, T. 7804.
2942 Witness JF-047, T. 7625.
2943 Witness JF-047, T. 7679, 7802-7803.
2944 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004), para. 31; Witness JF-047, T. 7625.
2945 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004), para. 30; Witness JF-047, T. 7622-7623.
2946 Witness JF-047, T. 7621-7622, 7671.
2947 Witness JF-047, T. 7622.
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