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39193disappearance of Popović’s guitar and several kilograms of honey. 832 On 7 August1995, Popović awoke around 5 or 6 a.m. and saw soldiers in Mokro Polje through hisbinoculars. 833 When he heard a tractor approaching Popovići he hid behind his house. 834He was soon approached by his father and around five soldiers who were dressed andhad their faces painted like the soldiers he had seen the day before, and the witnessstated that he saw the letters “HV” on oval patches on their uniforms. 835 The witnessbelieved one soldier, who neither wore a hat nor had his face painted black, to be thecommander because he heard that soldier tell another, very young, soldier, “Little one,take him over” and add, “We must hand him over to the police”. 836 Popović told thesoldiers that he had a document stating that he had not been in the army, and the soldierhe believed to be the commander told him to bring it. 837 According to the witness, the“commander” spoke with a Drniš accent, and the witness heard someone call him“Stipe”. 838 The witness went and got his documents while being escorted by the soldiercalled “little one”, who also spoke with a Drniš accent. 839 After Popović showed the“commander” his documents, he and his father walked to a nearby house in the hamletwith the soldiers, who told the witness to sit down. 840 He watched soldiers enter everyhouse in Popovići, forcibly opening any locked doors, taking valuable objects such ashams and television sets and placing them on a tractor. 841 The witness’s mother came tohim and told him that the “commander” had told her that the witness could return home,after which they returned home at approximately 1 p.m. 842 The witness went upstairs tohis bedroom and fell asleep. 843230. Popović stated that he was awoken when he heard shooting and screamsnearby. 844 He heard the “commander” shout, “don’t shoot, if you fire one more bullet Iwill kill you”, after which he heard more shots. 845 After he stood up and opened hisbedroom door, he heard the downstairs entrance being closed and then someone whose832 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), paras 4, 14.833 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), para. 15.834 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), para. 15.835 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), para. 16.836 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), paras 17-18.837 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), paras 7, 18.838 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), para. 18.839 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), paras 19-20.840 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), paras 20-21.841 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), para. 22.842 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), paras 23-24.843 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), para. 24.844 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), para. 24.845 P2512 (Jovan Popović, witness statement, 25 January 1999), paras 24-25.122Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `