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Mijović (a Major with the DB of Serbia), and a man called Njegoš. The three men explained
that an order was issued to establish a Red Berets training camp in Bratunac. The witness saw
that vehicles, ammunition and special weaponry were brought to the camps from Serbia and
that four or five instructors arrived soon after. Once the camp was opened, this increased to
seven or eight instructors. About a hundred men from Bratunac were recruited to the camp,
underwent training, and participated in all combat operations around Kravica in Bratunac
municipality, and in other minor operations, around the spring of 1993. At that time, large
territories of Bratunac were taken by Muslim forces. The witness heard from local members
of the Red Berets unit in Bratunac that they were paid by the Serbian MUP whilst they were
in the region. The witness further testified that the Red Berets unit beat a local policeman on
the day they arrived in Bratunac, and that Mijović had the power to do what he pleased,
beating the Commander of the Bratunac Brigade on one occasion. The witness learned from
Tomo Kovač that “the police” and Mladić were behind all the activities of the group of men.
The unit was also involved in looting property and arresting and torturing Serbs. A decision
was reached on expelling the unit from the municipality but Mladić prevented its
implementation. The witness learned that their command for the area of Central Podrinje and
Podrinje was located at the Tara Mount in Omorika Hotel, where “Frenki” was often seen. 3347
1684. Witness JF-026, a Bosnian Serb from Zvornik, 3348 testified that the MUP of the
Bosnian-Serb Republic dispatched Vaso Mijović to Bratunac as an instructor to the camp after
“some sort of clash” with the local authorities occurred there. 3349 According to the witness,
there was “incredible chaos” in Bratunac before Mijović was sent to establish a unit and
seemingly introduced order, which the local police were unable to do. Witness JF-026 further
testified that Mijović was “slapping about” the President of the municipality and President of
the Executive Board. 3350
1685. On 13 and 15 May 1993, General Ratko Mladić, Drina Corps Command Colonel
Milutin Skočajić, and Bratunac Brigade Command Colonel Cvijetin Vuksić separately
instructed that the MUP Special Purposes Unit, under the command of Mijović, was to be
3347 P2511 (Miroslav Deronjić, witness statement, 25 November 2003), paras 145-151.
3348 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), para. 1; P1654 (Pseudonym sheet for
Witness JF-026); P2507 (Background information on Witness JF-026).
3349 Witness JF-026, T. 9834-9835.
3350 Witness JF-026, T. 9835.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 596
30 May 2013