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3919960, was the youngest. 771 They were all unarmed. 772 According to the witness, nobodywas driving the villagers away but they left “voluntarily”. 773222. Vujinović testified that HV soldiers entered the hamlet on 5 August 1995 withoutany resistance. 774 The witness recognized the soldiers as HV soldiers by their uniforms,by the Croatian coat of arms on their hat badges, and by the fact that the vehicles hadHV number plates. 775 At that time there were only 17 or 18 persons, mostly elderly, leftin the hamlet. 776 The villagers were unarmed. 777 According to the witness, there were noRSK forces in the area. 778 He stated, however, that there were RSK military barracks inStara Straža and Pañene in Knin municipality. 779 The HV soldiers started to loot thehomes in the hamlet, including the witness’s home. 780 Vujinović personally observedsoldiers coming in military and civilian trucks and tractors and looting houses. 781 On orabout 18 August 1995, Croatian soldiers took the witness from his home to a building atthe railway stop, which the soldiers used for accommodation. 782 The witness observedmany soldiers and a number of military vehicles with HV number plates. 783 The soldiersquestioned the witness and called him a “Chetnik”. 784 One officer told him that he hadto go with them when they moved, otherwise he would be killed. 785 One soldier told thewitness to hide since “things are going on”. 786 The witness then went back home tocheck on his mother, Marta Vujnović. 787 He left his mother at 11:15 a.m. on or about 18771 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), pp. 1-3.772 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), pp. 2-3.773 Jovan Vujinović, T. 4566.774 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), pp. 2-3.775 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), p. 3; P413 (Jovan Vujinović, witnessstatement, 12 October 2004), para. 2.776 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), pp. 2-3; P414 (Jovan Vujinović, witnessstatement, 4 April 2007), para. 3.777 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), p. 3.778 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), p. 3.779 Jovan Vujinović, T. 4572; D384 (Map of the Oton-Knin area), p. 2.780 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), p. 2; P413 (Jovan Vujinović, witnessstatement, 12 October 2004), para. 2.781 P413 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 12 October 2004), para. 2.782 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), p. 2; P413 (Jovan Vujinović, witnessstatement, 12 October 2004), para. 6; Jovan Vujinović, T. 4549, 4574; D386 (Jovan Vujinović,supplemental information sheet, 4 June 2008), p. 1.783 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), p. 2.784 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), p. 2; P413 (Jovan Vujinović, witnessstatement, 12 October 2004), para. 6.785 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), p. 2.786 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), p. 2; D386 (Jovan Vujinović,supplemental information sheet, 4 June 2008), p. 1.787 P412 (Jovan Vujinović, witness statement, 20 January 1999), p. 2; P413 (Jovan Vujinović, witnessstatement, 12 October 2004), para. 6.116Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `