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fortress between October and December 1991. The Trial Chamber will further consider its
findings in relation to the Knin fortress and Korenica camps below.
Early operations: Lovinac, Glina and Struga, Plitviće, Kijevo July-August 1991
1396. The Trial Chamber now turns to the operations in Lovinac, Glina and Struva, Plitviće,
and Kijevo in July and August 1991. According to the Prosecution, the Golubić-trained Red
Berets took part in attacks on Glina and Struga under the command of Captain Dragan in July
1991 and in attacks on Lovinac, Plitviće, and Kijevo in summer and autumn 1991. 2574
Lovinac, June 1991
1397. The Trial Chamber recalls its findings in chapter 3.1.7 in relation to Lovinac that in
June 1991, SAO Krajina Police members, including Milan Martić, attacked Lovinac. Prior to
the attack, Franko Simatović, Milan Babić, and Dušan (Dule) Orlović discussed the objective
of the attack on Lovinac. Simatović, Nikola Pilipović, and a number of special police officers
who had trained at Golubić participated in the attack on Lovinac. The Trial Chamber will
further consider this operation, below.
Glina and Struga, July 1991
1398. The Trial Chamber recalls its findings in chapter 3.1.7 in relation to Glina and Struga
that on 25 or 26 July 1991, Serb forces under the command of Captain Dragan Vasiljković
and the Glina War Staff, and including the “Republic of Serbia SAO Krajina Special Purposes
Unit”, attacked the predominantly Croat village of Struga, and that on 26 July 1991, the
“Republic of Serbia SAO Krajina Special Purposes Unit” under the command of Captain
Dragan attacked the village of Glina. This unit included Borjan Vučković, Milan Andić,
Nikola Pupovac, Nikola Simić, Dragan Oluić, Damir Vladić, and Saša Medaković, as well as
squad commanders Ilija Vučković and Živojin Ivanović (also known as ‘Crnogorac’ or ‘the
Montenegrin’). Milenko Popović, Davor Subotić, and Nikola Pilipović also participated in the
attack on Glina. The Trial Chamber recalls the evidence of Witness JF-039 reviewed in
chapter 3.1.7 in relation to Glina and Struga that people spoke of the men who attacked Glina
as being under the command of Frenki and of Captain Dragan and that these men were later
nicknamed the Kninđes. The Trial Chamber further recalls that on 19 July 1991 Captain
Dragan sent a situation report from Glina to, amongst others, “Frenki”, and that around 28
2574 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 212-217.
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