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180. Plaintiff Mujić states (see Exhibit 6):‘The Dutch soldiers that we encountered on the way said that we must flee to Potočari.They called out: “Potočari, Potočari”.’181. Plaintiff Šehomerović states (see Exhibit 8):‘The people had fled to Potočari because they thought they would be safe there. Theywere invited to do so by the Dutch soldiers who had told them that they must go to thecompound and that they would there be helped and protected.’182. Plaintiff Subašić states (see Exhibit 9):‘On the way, in the neighbourhood of the small UN base, a former embroidery factory,the Dutch soldiers said that the men who wanted to could go to the woods, and to thosewho wanted to go to Potočari they would guarantee their safety.’183. Plaintiff No. 10 states (see Exhibit 10):‘We heard from the Dutch soldiers on 11th July 1995 that the men must flee into thewoods and that the women and children had to go to the base at Potocari. We were toldthis through megaphones and a translator. I preferred to go with my father but aDutchbat soldier prevented it. That was the last time in my life that I saw my father. Iwent with my mother, sister, grandfather and other relatives with children to Potocari.’184. Witness Kolenović states (see Exhibit 11):‘Dutchbat soldiers informed us that we had to go to Potočari.’185. Plaintiff will first briefly deal with the fate of the (principally) men, who had decided toflee through the woods to the town of Tuzla (lying 55 kilometres away as the crow flies).Thereafter Plaintiff will examine the fate of the men and women who sought refuge atthe UN compound in Potocari.© Van Diepen Van der Kroef Advocaten 2007www.vandiepen.com81