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Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

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39016body of Milan Babić, born in 1919, which according to the log had been dead forapproximately five to seven days, in the haml<strong>et</strong> of Rašeljka, in Riñane. 2261520. According to the forensic evidence, m<strong>al</strong>e body KN01/324B, numbered 512, wasr<strong>et</strong>rieved with a black jack<strong>et</strong>, green military jumper, black and white trousers andslippers from the haml<strong>et</strong> of B<strong>al</strong>ić in Riñane, Orlić municip<strong>al</strong>ity, on 21 September 1995,and buried at a loc<strong>al</strong> cem<strong>et</strong>ery in Knin. 2262 Body KN01/324B, exhumed on 15 June 2001from a cem<strong>et</strong>ery in Knin, with a m<strong>et</strong><strong>al</strong> tag marked “512” and clothing including blackand white striped trousers, brown and cream pullover, a black jack<strong>et</strong> and brown sand<strong>al</strong>s,was an approximately 1.67-1.83-m<strong>et</strong>re-t<strong>al</strong>l m<strong>al</strong>e b<strong>et</strong>ween 45 and 65 years old, with oneor more gunshot injury/ies to the torso, which the forensic pathologist found to be thecause of death. 2263 Body KN01/324B was identified on 28 April 2004, as MilanB<strong>al</strong>ić. 2264 According to a report of the Zagreb Institute for Forensic Medicine, dated 28April 2004 and based on data provided by his son, Milan B<strong>al</strong>ić, a Serb of Yugoslavnation<strong>al</strong>ity born in 1919, died from a gunshot injury to the torso in Riñane, on 18August 1995. 2265521. Murray Dawes saw a dead body with a gunshot wound to the chest on anunknown date in 1995 at a location he referred to as near Prijiči, in Orlić municip<strong>al</strong>ity.Two old women told Dawes that the body belonged to Milan Babić, a Croat. Dawes’saccount, including the presence of a nine millim<strong>et</strong>re casing next to the body,corresponds with the entry in the Knin District Police Administration daily incident logfor 19 September 1995. Although the victim’s reported <strong>et</strong>hnicity differs, the victim’sname, age, location, and injury/ies are similar to those of Milan B<strong>al</strong>ić. This indicatesthat Dawes’s testimony, Roberts’s testimony, and the entry in the Knin police incidentlog relate to the same victim as the other evidence cited above.522. The evidence indicates that Milan B<strong>al</strong>ić, a Serb born in 1919, was killed by oneor more gunshot injury/ies to the torso in Riñane, in Orlić municip<strong>al</strong>ity, in early to mid-September 1995. The report on circumstances of death suggests that Milan B<strong>al</strong>ić diedon 18 August 1995. However, the report is based at least in part on information2261 D57 (Daily log of incidents in the Police Administration of the Knin District, Book 1, 6 August 1995-7 October 1995), pp. 1, 165.2262 P1473 (Information on body KN01/324B, ID No. 512, with photograph).2263 P1672 (Autopsy report of KN01/324B, 5 July 2001), pp. 1-2, 4-6, 8, 11-12, 15; P1952 (Photograph ofbones, KN01/324B).2264 P2006 (List of identified persons exhumed at the new cem<strong>et</strong>ery in Knin and Gračac).2265 P2126 (Report on circumstances of death of Milan B<strong>al</strong>ić, 28 April 2004), pp. 1-3.299Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

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