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39035Berić and walked around with her, checking the surrounding houses. 2130 Then heordered the witness and her companions to move along the “Progon” towards the mainroad. 2131 One of the men said: “Let’s finish them off, our lamb will get cold”. 2132 Themen stopped them 25-30 metres from the main road next to a hedge, and another manarrived who ordered them to sit down. 2133 The witness and her companions could not beseen from the main road where the HV was passing in the direction of Knin. 2134 Themen stopped a van on the main road that was coming from the direction of Knin, andone of them told someone in the van to pick up the witness on the way back. 2135 One ofthe two man asked whether the witness knew who a person named Tomson was, andupon the witness’s negative answer, the man stated that Tomson was the brother of theman with long black hair, sang Ustasha songs, and had he been there, the witness wouldnot have said a single word. 2136 When the van came back after 15 minutes the man inthe black T-shirt ordered the witness to get in the van. 2137 The driver of the van wore auniform with the insignia of the 7th Varaždin Brigade and stripes. 2138 One of the men incamouflage uniform and Bosiljka Berić were in an official vehicle of the “Knin-gips”factory, a blue Lada. 2139492. Around 9:30 a.m. both vehicles drove away in the direction of Knin, which wasthe last time the witness saw her companions alive. 2140 On the way, the witness sawbodies of dead animals, destroyed vehicles, and haystacks on fire along the road to Kninthrough Vrbničko Polje in Knin municipality. 2141 The witness estimated that at least halfof the houses on the side of the road were in flames. 2142 At Konj in Knin municipality,the witness saw 20-30 Croatian soldiers acting wildly. 2143 The driver of the van told thewitness that he was a Croatian officer. 2144 He drove the witness to a two-storey building2130 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), para. 13; Witness 3, T. 1886, 1916-1917.2131 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), para. 13.2132 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), para. 14.2133 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), para. 14; Witness 3, T. 1886.2134 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), para. 14; Witness 3, T. 1898-1899.2135 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), para. 14; P82 (Witness 3, witness statement, 10July 2007), para. 5; Witness 3, T. 1887.2136 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), para. 14.2137 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), paras 14-15; Witness 3, T. 1917.2138 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), para. 14.2139 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), para. 15; Witness 3, T. 1917.2140 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), para. 15; Witness 3, T. 1887, 1917.2141 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), paras 9, 16; P82 (Witness 3, witness statement,10 July 2007), para. 6.2142 P82 (Witness 3, witness statement, 10 July 2007), para. 6.2143 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), para. 16.2144 P81 (Witness 3, witness statement, 13 October 2003), para. 16.280Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `