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39161where seven individuals had been murdered in the afternoon of 27 August 1995. 1070HRAT was further informed by the chief of the Kistanje police station that the policestation in Benkovac was responsible for the Gošić area. 1071285. The Trial Chamber has received extensive evidence on the criminal investigationinto the alleged murders that was conducted by Croatian authorities. This is evidencefrom (and tendered through) Witness 84, Ivica Cetina, Pero Perković, Ivan Galović,Damir Šimić, Željko Žganjer, Mate Laušić, and Ive Kardum (all reviewed in chapter6.2.5).286. On 29 August 1995, Ivica Cetina submitted a report to the “Return” OperationsStaff at the MUP, listing seven dead bodies found during hygiene and sanitationmeasures in Gošić hamlet Donji Borci, namely: Dušan, Milka, Kosa, Vasilj, Sava,Grozda, and Marija Borak. 1072287. Ive Kardum, Chief of the crime police department for the Zadar-Knin policeadministration in 1995, 1073 testified that in the Gošić case, he himself, having learnedabout the killings from a relative of one of the deceased, went to the crime scene wherehe met Chief of Knin-Kotar police administration Čedo Romanić and some men fromthe MUP in Zagreb, some of whom were in uniform and some in plain clothes. 1074 Theydirected Kardum and others to the Borak family houses, where they saw seven deadbodies in various locations. 1075 Kardum and others informed the prosecutor and theinvestigative judge, who attended the crime scene. 1076 According to Kardum, spentKalashnikov shells were found at the crime scene. 1077 Kardum testified that a Serbwitness named Živko Borak was able to help him. 1078 Kardum also testified that once itbecame clear that the military was involved, the civilian police had to involve the VP in1070 P417 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 14 December 2007), paras 87, 101; P68 (Summary of UNMOSector South situation reports from 7 August to 22 November 1995), p. 61.1071 P417 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 14 December 2007), paras 87, 101; P68 (Summary of UNMOSector South situation reports from 7 August to 22 November 1995), p. 61.1072 D361 (Report by Ivica Cetina to MUP “Return” Operations Staff, 29 August 1995), pp. 1-2.1073P2396 (Ive Kardum, witness statement, 3-4 May 2007), p. 1, paras 2-3; P2397 (Ive Kardum, witnessstatement, 22-23 March 2004), p. 1, paras 1-3, 12, 15, 17; Ive Kardum, T. 9231, 9251-9252, 9398, 9498-9499.1074 P2396 (Ive Kardum, witness statement, 3-4 May 2007), para. 8; P2397 (Ive Kardum, witnessstatement, 22-23 March 2004), paras 33, 50; Ive Kardum, T. 9328, 9359-9360, 9429-9430.1075 P2397 (Ive Kardum, witness statement, 22-23 March 2004), para. 33.1076 P2397 (Ive Kardum, witness statement, 22-23 March 2004), para. 33.1077 P2397 (Ive Kardum, witness statement, 22-23 March 2004), para. 33.1078 P2397 (Ive Kardum, witness statement, 22-23 March 2004), para. 34.154Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `