Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

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39181believed that the HV would leave him in peace because he had a paper to certify that hehad never served in the SVK. 922 A few days later the same team, without the witness,came back to this village and found Marčetić killed. 923 Members of UNCIVPOL visitedthe hamlet of Gudura sometime on 7 October 1995 and spoke to a Serb villager, SavaTrivić, born 1928, who told them that on 29 September 1995 at around 4:30 p.m., eightto ten men in military uniforms, driving two armoured white cars, entered the hamletand searched the houses. 924 She heard some shots, and later when the soldiers left thehamlet, Janka Krkljes, born 1933, found the body of Milan Marčetić on the street nearhis house with four bullet wounds in his chest. 925 Sava Trivić informed the team that thesame soldiers went to the house of Dušan Šuica born 1927, and that his body was foundin a stable two days later by someone from Šibenik, who informed the police. 926250. Maria Teresa Mauro, a UN civil affairs officer and HRAT member in theformer Sector South based in Knin from March to December 1995, 927 visited on 9October 1995 the Zrmanja valley, in Gračac municipality, and was told by some of theresidents that on 29 September 1995, two men, named Milan Marčetić (born 1948) andDušan Šuica (born 1927), were shot dead by a group of six uniformed men. 928 Milan’smother, Smilka Marčetić, stated that at around 4 p.m. three uniformed men carryingweapons asked Milan Marčetić to show them his Croatian documents and then draggedhim out of her house. 929 Approximately ten minutes later shots were heard a couple ofhundred metres from the house. 930 Smilka Marčetić told HRAT that a neighbour thenwent in the direction of where the shots were heard and found the body of Milan922 P415 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 13 February 1996), pp. 2-3; P417 (Peter Marti, witnessstatement, 14 December 2007), paras 11-12; Peter Marti, T. 4627-4629.923 P415 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 13 February 1996), pp. 2-3; P417 (Peter Marti, witnessstatement, 14 December 2007), paras 11-12; Peter Marti, T. 4627-4629; P425 (UNCIVPOL incidentreport, S05-95-282, 7 October 1995 and HRAT report, 9 October 1995), pp. 2-3.924 P417 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 14 December 2007), para. 12; P425 (UNCIVPOL incidentreport, S05-95-282, 7 October 1995 and HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 1.925 P425 (UNCIVPOL incident report, S05-95-282, 7 October 1995 and HRAT report, 9 October 1995),pp. 1-2.926 P425 (UNCIVPOL incident report, S05-95-282, 7 October 1995 and HRAT report, 9 October 1995),p. 1.927 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), pp. 1-2; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), p. 1, paras 1, 7-9, 11-12; Maria Teresa Mauro, T. 11998, 12000,12024, 12075-12076.928 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), paras 53-54; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), pp. 1-2; P1107(HRAT report, 6-11 October 1995), p. 3.929 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 2.930 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 2.134Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

39180Marčetić. 931 According to the villagers HRAT spoke to, Dušan Šuica was having aconversation with some of his neighbours in one of the houses in the hamlet around 5p.m. on 29 September 1995. 932 He left the house at 5:15 p.m. and the persons who werehaving a conversation with him then heard a few shots. 933 A few minutes later, sixuniformed men arrived at the place Dušan Šuica had just left and requested the personsthere to show them their Croatian documents. 934 Two of the villagers were relatives ofone of the soldiers, while one villager had an HV ID card. 935 According to the villagers,this was the reason the perpetrators did not kill anybody else. 936 The villagers stated thatfour bullet holes were visible in the chest of Milan Marčetić’s body, and that Šuica’sblackened body was found on 2 October 1995 with lots of blood on his chest and apatch of blood on his forehead. 937 On 30 September 1995, Croatian police arrived at thescene and took the bodies (which were later returned) for autopsy and a few days laterthey drove two villagers to Zadar to assist with the identification of three suspects. 938These two villagers told Mauro that they could not identify the perpetrators among thesuspects and stressed that even if they could, they would not have done so out of fear ofretaliation. 939 HRAT met four anti-terrorist policemen from Zadar, who said that theywere under instructions since 30 September 1995 to patrol the area on a 24-hour basis,and also met Croatian civilian police, who were under the same instructions. 940251. A criminal report by the Zadar-Knin Police Administration concerning themurders of Milan Marčetić and Dušan Šuica, dated 5 October 1995, records that on-siteinvestigations of these murders were conducted on 1 and 3 October 1995 respectively,by the Investigative Judge of the Zadar county court and members of the police crime931 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 2.932 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 2.933 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 2.934 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 2.935 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), pp. 2-3.936 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), pp. 2-3.937 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 2.938 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 2.939 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 3.135Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

39181believed that the HV would leave him in peace because he had a paper to certify that hehad never served in the SVK. 922 A few days later the same team, without the witness,came back to this village and found Marč<strong>et</strong>ić killed. 923 Members of UNCIVPOL visitedthe haml<strong>et</strong> of Gudura som<strong>et</strong>ime on 7 October 1995 and spoke to a Serb villager, SavaTrivić, born 1928, who told them that on 29 September 1995 at around 4:30 p.m., eightto ten men in military uniforms, driving two armoured white cars, entered the haml<strong>et</strong>and searched the houses. 924 She heard some shots, and later when the soldiers left thehaml<strong>et</strong>, Janka Krkljes, born 1933, found the body of Milan Marč<strong>et</strong>ić on the stre<strong>et</strong> nearhis house with four bull<strong>et</strong> wounds in his chest. 925 Sava Trivić informed the team that thesame soldiers went to the house of Dušan Šuica born 1927, and that his body was foundin a stable two days later by someone from Šibenik, who informed the police. 926250. Maria Teresa Mauro, a UN civil affairs officer and HRAT member in theformer Sector South based in Knin from March to December 1995, 927 visited on 9October 1995 the Zrmanja v<strong>al</strong>ley, in Gračac municip<strong>al</strong>ity, and was told by some of theresidents that on 29 September 1995, two men, named Milan Marč<strong>et</strong>ić (born 1948) andDušan Šuica (born 1927), were shot dead by a group of six uniformed men. 928 Milan’smother, Smilka Marč<strong>et</strong>ić, stated that at around 4 p.m. three uniformed men carryingweapons asked Milan Marč<strong>et</strong>ić to show them his Croatian documents and then draggedhim out of her house. 929 Approximately ten minutes later shots were heard a couple ofhundred m<strong>et</strong>res from the house. 930 Smilka Marč<strong>et</strong>ić told HRAT that a neighbour thenwent in the direction of where the shots were heard and found the body of Milan922 P415 (P<strong>et</strong>er Marti, witness statement, 13 February 1996), pp. 2-3; P417 (P<strong>et</strong>er Marti, witnessstatement, 14 December 2007), paras 11-12; P<strong>et</strong>er Marti, T. 4627-4629.923 P415 (P<strong>et</strong>er Marti, witness statement, 13 February 1996), pp. 2-3; P417 (P<strong>et</strong>er Marti, witnessstatement, 14 December 2007), paras 11-12; P<strong>et</strong>er Marti, T. 4627-4629; P425 (UNCIVPOL incidentreport, S05-95-282, 7 October 1995 and HRAT report, 9 October 1995), pp. 2-3.924 P417 (P<strong>et</strong>er Marti, witness statement, 14 December 2007), para. 12; P425 (UNCIVPOL incidentreport, S05-95-282, 7 October 1995 and HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 1.925 P425 (UNCIVPOL incident report, S05-95-282, 7 October 1995 and HRAT report, 9 October 1995),pp. 1-2.926 P425 (UNCIVPOL incident report, S05-95-282, 7 October 1995 and HRAT report, 9 October 1995),p. 1.927 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), pp. 1-2; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), p. 1, paras 1, 7-9, 11-12; Maria Teresa Mauro, T. 11998, 12000,12024, 12075-12076.928 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), paras 53-54; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), pp. 1-2; P1107(HRAT report, 6-11 October 1995), p. 3.929 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 2.930 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 7; P1099 (Maria Teresa Mauro,witness statement, 6 February 2008), para. 53; P1106 (HRAT report, 9 October 1995), p. 2.134Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

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