Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

39128members of the HV 7th Guards Brigade, the Trial Chamber finds that the HV soldiersthen gathered approximately ten to twelve persons, including Dušan Dragičević, andbrought them to a nearby bus stop at gunpoint. Shortly thereafter the HV soldiers tookthem to a nearby house, and just before dark to another house where they stayedovernight. They also brought Witness 1. The next morning, 6 August 1995, the HVsoldiers took them – excluding Witness 1 – to a school building in Knin, where thewomen and elderly remained. The HV soldiers took the men, one of whom was DušanDragičević, to the “Slavko Rodić” barracks in Knin, where they remained from 6 untilon or about 11 August 1995 with about 30 others. The Trial Chamber further finds thatin these barracks, detainees were beaten, including by persons in camouflage uniform,and forced to perform labour, including by persons referred to as soldiers. Consideringthat Dušan Dragičević saw the insignia of the 4th Guards Brigade on the uniforms of thesoldiers who ran the barracks, the Trial Chamber finds that the persons who detainedDušan Dragičević and the other persons at the barracks were members of the HV 4thGuards Brigade. Dušan Dragičević and Witness 1 were eventually taken to Zadar andSplit where they stayed at various locations. In this respect, the Trial Chamber recalls itsfindings with regard to reception and collection centres in chapter 4.5.5. The evidenceregarding their passage in prisons in Zadar and Split is insufficiently detailed for theTrial Chamber to make relevant factual findings.333. The Trial Chamber finds, based on Witness 1’s and Dušan Dragičević’sevidence, that they were Serbs. According to Witness 1’s evidence, Savo Milovojevićand more than 20 others detained at the latter’s house were in the SVK. Based on thisaffiliation evidence, the Trial Chamber finds that most or all of these SVK detaineeswere Krajina Serbs. As for the other persons brought with Dušan Dragičević to the busstop at gunpoint, the Trial Chamber finds, considering the ethnic composition of Polačain 1991 and the nature of the convoy stopped in or near the village of Kovačić, that mostof them were of Serb ethnicity. The Trial Chamber has received insufficient evidence tobe able to determine the ethnicity of the persons held at the “Slavko Rodić” barracks,other than as mentioned above. The Trial Chamber will further consider these incidentsin relation to Count 1 of the Indictment in chapter 5.8.2 (e) below.187Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `