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1701. In relation to these arguments, the Trial Chamber has reviewed Witness JF-026’s
evidence that Mijović was sent to Bratunac by the Bosnian-Serb Republic MUP, as well as
the documentary evidence indicating that in 1992, Mijović held official IDs of the Serbian
MUP, the RSK DB, and the Bosnia-Herzegovina MUP and that in May 1993, Mijović was
formally subordinated to the 1st Bratunac Light Infantry Brigade of the VRS. However, in
light of Miroslav Deronjić’s evidence, as corroborated by Mijović’s June 1993 order and the
SDB Official note, 3389 as well as the presence of other Unit members at the Bratunac camp,
the Trial Chamber is satisfied that Mijović went to Bratunac as a Unit member operating on
behalf of the Accused. The Trial Chamber has also considered its findings 3390 that when
deployed elsewhere in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Unit operated under different
names and cooperated with and, at times, was formally subordinated to organizations other
than the Serbian MUP DB. In light of this, the Trial Chamber does not consider Mijović’s
official IDs of the RSK DB and the Bosnia-Herzegovina MUP or his formal subordination to
the VRS to be inconsistent with his membership in the Unit.
1702. The Trial Chamber considers that Miroslav Deronjić’s evidence in relation to the
training of persons at the Bratunac camp is corroborated by Witness JF-026’s testimony, as
well as by documentary evidence. 3391 Based on the foregoing, the Trial Chamber finds that in
early 1993, Unit members recruited and trained between 70 and 100 local men at the Bratunac
camp. A number of the men who were trained at the Bratunac camp operated as members of
the Unit in Bratunac from early to mid-1993. Based on the foregoing and further considering
its findings in relation to the Ležimir camp, the Trial Chamber finds that the Accused
organized the training of Unit members at the Bratunac camp from early to mid-1993.
1703. The Trial Chamber will now address the operations undertaken from the Bratunac
camp. Based on the evidence before it, 3392 the Trial Chamber finds that the Unit in Bratunac
participated in combat operations in and around Bratunac from around February 1993 and
during the spring of 1993. Recalling its discussion of the evidence in relation to the Skelani
camp, the Trial Chamber understands the Unit’s 1993 Bratunac operations to have been part
of Operation Udar, during which the Unit in Bratunac may have operated as part of Tactical
Group 1 under the command of General Mrkšić. The evidence above further indicates that
3389 In evidence as exhibits P3239 and P1585.
3390 In chapters 6.3.2 and 6.3.3 in relation to the Mount Ozren and Vila and Skelani camps.
3391 These documents are the Bratunac Military Police Daily report in evidence as exhibit P277, the Drina Corps
command report in evidence as P2683, and the Bratunac Light Infantry Brigade Certificate in evidence as P3238.
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