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39201them. The forensic evidence does not establish whether the injury to Stevo Ajduković’sbody was caused by a gunshot or an explosion. Nonetheless, considering that StevoAjduković was last seen with Marko Ilić, Rade Bibić, and Ruža Bibić on 7 August 1995shortly before they were killed, and that his body was found in close proximity to theirbodies at the same location as where they were last seen, the Trial Chamber finds that atleast one of the persons in uniform present in Oraovac also killed Stevo Ajduković.Based on their reports of circumstances of death, the Trial Chamber finds that MarkoIlić, Rade Bibić, and Stevo Ajduković were of Serb ethnicity. Considering that thepersons in uniform referred to the group as “chetniks”, that her husband was Serb, andthat according to the 1991 Population Census 294 out of 303 inhabitants in 1991 wereSerb, the Trial Chamber finds that Ruža Bibić was also of Serb ethnicity.218. The person who ordered the group to walk away from Oraovac wore a greygreenuniform and also threatened and cursed the group, calling them “Chetniks” MilanIlić further described seeing some 200 persons in Oraovac on 7 August 1995, wearinggrey-green, plain grey, or camouflage uniforms, some with V-shaped insignia of sprigsor branches on the upper arm and collar, some with coloured ribbons, including blueribbons, on their epaulets, and some with checkerboards on caps worn under theirepaulets. Željko Sačić testified that on 7 August 1995 300-400 Special Police troopsmoved from Bruvno via Kovačevići, both in Gračac municipality, past Oraovac, toDonji Lapac, where they arrived around 2 p.m. According to witnesses Josip Čelić,Josip Turkalj, Davorin Pavlović, Dražen Vitez, Ivan Herman, Zdravko Janić, andWitness 82, Special Police units moved through Bruvno and arrived in Donji Lapacearly in the afternoon, and HV units followed later that afternoon or evening. SpecialPolice records (including exhibits P2383 and D1897) report that the Special Police tookcontrol of Zalužje early that afternoon. The Trial Chamber notes that the plain grey andgrey-green uniforms observed by Milan Ilić in Oraovac appear to correspond withevidence reviewed in Chapter 3.3 of a uniform worn by the Special Police duringOperation Storm. Based on this evidence, considering in particular the presence ofSpecial Police units near Oraovac in the early afternoon on 7 August 1995 and that theperson who ordered the group to walk away from Oraovac wore a grey-green uniform,the Trial Chamber finds that the person or persons who killed Marko Ilić, Rade Bibić,Ruža Bibić, and Stevo Ajduković were members of the Special Police. The Trial114Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `