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39123come near her. 1388 Shortly thereafter, the witness’s mother-in-law arrived back at thehouse. 1389 The witness’s mother-in-law said that she and the witness’s husband had beenhiding in the kitchen when they heard the noise of fire from upstairs and the sound ofother people in the house, and then soldiers entered the kitchen and forced them out ofthe house. 1390 The witness asked her mother-in-law where her husband was, and themother-in-law replied that she had heard one soldier say to another that she should betaken to the village and then heard him order the witness’s husband to go into theworkshop which was also on fire. 1391 The witness stated that her mother-in-law pleadedwith the soldiers to not order the witness’s husband into the fire because he washandicapped and had never served in the army. 1392 The witness’s mother-in-law alsostated that the witness’s husband told the soldiers, which was difficult for him to dobecause he did not have any teeth, that he could not go into the workshop. 1393 Thewitness’s mother-in-law said that as one soldier was leading her away, she saw onesoldier push the man inside the burning workshop and then shut the door behindhim. 1394 The next day, the witness and her mother-in-law went to the workshop, wherethey found a big heap of white ash and a few bones including half of a skull. 1395 Thewitness took the ashes and bones and placed them in a cup, wrapped it in some of herhusband’s clothes (sandals, two shirts, a suit jacket, a pair of suit trousers, and a cap)and a sheet, then placed everything in a box that she and her mother-in-law buried in thelocal graveyard. 1396 The witness added in 1998 that she never saw her husbandagain. 1397338. The witness saw that approximately 20 houses in her hamlet were burnt. 1398 Thewitness and her daughter began to live in the house of the witness’s mother-in-law’s1388 P1004 (Milica ðurić, witness statement, 23 September 2004), para. 10; Milica ðurić, T. 10775,10784, 10812.1389 D397 (Milica Ðurić, witness statement, 2 April 1998), p. 3; P1004 (Milica ðurić, witness statement,23 September 2004), para. 6; Milica ðurić, T. 10784, 10812.1390 P1004 (Milica Ðurić, witness statement, 23 September 2004), para. 6; D397 (Milica ðurić, witnessstatement, 2 April 1998), p. 3; Milica Ðurić, T. 10775, 10812, 10814-10815.1391 P1004 (Milica ðurić, witness statement, 23 September 2004), para. 6; Milica ðurić, T. 10784, 10812,10815-10816.1392 P1004 (Milica Ðurić, witness statement, 23 September 2004), para. 11; Milica ðurić, T. 10775.1393 P1004 (Milica ðurić, witness statement, 23 September 2004), para. 6; Milica ðurić, T. 10775, 10784.1394 P1004 (Milica ðurić, witness statement, 23 September 2004), para. 6; D397 (Milica Ðurić, witnessstatement, 2 April 1998), p. 3; Milica ðurić, T. 10775, 10784, 10787-10788, 10812.1395 P1004 (Milica ðurić, witness statement, 23 September 2004), paras 7, 12; D397 (Milica Ðurić,witness statement, 2 April 1998), p. 4; Milica ðurić, T. 10784-10785, 10816, 10818, 10821.1396 P1004 (Milica ðurić, witness statement, 23 September 2004), paras 7, 12; Milica ðurić, T. 10785-10786, 10816, 10818-10819, 10821-10823.1397 D397 (Milica Ðurić, witness statement, 2 April 1998), pp. 1, 4.192Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `