Writ of summons - Van Diepen Van der Kroef

‘I lost all faith in protection when I saw the Serbs taking girls out of the group andmothers fainting. I did not see Serbs rape women. I did see, however, that Dutchbatsoldiers walked around together with the Serbs. The Dutchbat soldiers could naturallysee how the women were being taken away. I could not see where the girls were takento. I could certainly make out that they were Dutch men and not Serbs in Dutchbatuniforms, because Dutch men and Serbs look different from each other.When the Serbs took girls away, Bosnian women asked the Dutchbat soldiers inSerbian what happened to the women who were taken away. I saw how the Bosnianwomen begged the Dutchbat soldiers to bring the girls back. Those mothers wept then.I was there when the Dutchbat soldiers answered only “no, no” although they hadcertainly seen how the girls had been taken away.Women went during the day to the houses that stood about the factory searching forfood. A woman told me that she had seen eight beheaded men. I did not see the eightdead men myself because I did not go to fetch water.(…)I did go later to fetch water and saw that men were brought to a house. Many peoplewent there to fetch water. I saw a group of Chetniks close to the house. I do not knowwhat precisely the Chetniks did there. Then I heard a number of shots, one after theother, and then there was silence. I think that then people were shot dead.(…)I heard people crying out in fear in the night of 12th to 13th July 1995. I heard manypeople screaming dreadfully but I could not see them. The screaming was in front of thefactory; I thought that we were all going to be murdered. I will never forget that sound.It was the most dreadful night of my life. I no longer know exactly where I was. I didsee Dutchbat soldiers walking about the entire night. I likewise saw Serbs walkingaround. I could only make out the uniforms, and therefore not the faces, because it was© Van Diepen Van der Kroef Advocaten 2007www.vandiepen.com100