Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

39089390. According to the evidence received, groups of persons clad in camouflage anddescribed as soldiers with lightning badges on their sleeves, moved through Plavno inthe morning of 25 August 1995 in the direction of Grubori. Shortly thereafter, gunfirecould be heard and smoke rose above Grubori. The Trial Chamber has further receivedevidence which shows that the Lučko unit of the Special Police moved through Gruborion 25 August 1995. Some evidence suggests that the Lučko unit encountered what wasreferred to as a Serb terrorist group during their operation on 25 August 1995. The TrialChamber is mindful of the fact that some of the direct evidence received about thisincident stems from individuals who were members of the Special Police at the time andkept in mind that some of these persons may have had ulterior motives for makingcertain statements or acting in a certain way. In this respect, the Trial Chamber alsoconsidered the fact that the Lučko unit’s group leaders did not indicate, neither duringnor after the search, that anything noteworthy, such as a terrorist encounter, hadhappened during the search operation. Considering all of the above, the Trial Chamberfinds that members of the Lučko unit of the Special Police killed the five victimsmentioned above, burnt houses, and shot or burnt animals in Grubori on 25 August1995. Considering the ethnic composition of Plavno in 1991, Jovan Grubor’s evidenceon the amount of Serb families in Plavno (see chapter 4.2.9), and the accounts ofGrubori villagers, the Trial Chamber finds that the vast majority, if not all, of the housesand animals destroyed were owned (or inhabited) by Krajina Serbs. The Trial Chamberwill further consider this incident in relation to Counts 1, 5, 6, and 7 of the Indictment inchapters 5.3.2, 5.5.2, and 5.8.2 below.Jovica Plavša (Further Clarification no. 126)391. The Trial Chamber has received relevant evidence with regard to the allegedmurder of Jovica Plavša through the testimony of Nikola Plavša and forensicdocumentation.392. Nikola Plavša, a Serb from Golubić in Knin municipality, 1710 testified that in theevening of 4 August 1995 his son, also named Nikola Plavša, and his son’s wife left thevillage. 1711 According to the witness, they left because everybody was leaving. 1712 The1710 P2503 (Nikola Plavša, witness statement, 9 September 2003), pp. 1, 10, paras 1-2; D1455 (NikolaPlavša reimbursement claim documents), pp. 2-3.1711 P2503 (Nikola Plavša, witness statement, 9 September 2003), para. 2.226Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `