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39001Forand on 15 August 1995, he witnessed many burning buildings and fields in the areaof responsibility of the Kenyan UNCRO Battalion. 2377540. On 20 August 1995, Berikoff and others travelled up through the Donji Lapacarea and noticed that there was still a lot of military activity around the town of DonjiLapac. 2378 They saw Croatian military and police loading trucks with valuables fromhouses. 2379 They also saw many dead animals, some on the road with cables aroundtheir necks and others hanging from trees. 2380 Berikoff wrote that they also saw “Croats”dragging a pig by a cable behind their truck, then stopping and throwing it over anembankment, and in another incident shooting a pig and then running over it. 2381Berikoff stated that many houses had been destroyed along the route between Knin andOtrić, in Gračac municipality, and that some hamlets had been totally destroyed. 2382 AtOtrić, they were stopped at a check-point by civil police, who told them that they couldnot go to Donji Lapac because there were still operations there, and forced them to turnaround. 2383 Berikoff and his companions took another road through Gračac to DonjiLapac. 2384 Berikoff stated that a number of houses were destroyed along the routebetween Otrić and Gračac. 2385541. Berikoff wrote that, on 21 August 1995, he travelled to Gračac, Udbina,Karlovac and Zagreb. 2386 The witness wrote that, on 26 August 1995, he and RolandDangerfield went to a burning village where they found two dead elderly males, withgunshot wounds in the back of their heads and their throats and stomachs slashed2377 P747 (Report by Berikoff on HV/HVO activities 4-20 August 1995), para. 1 (l); P748 (Berikoff’sdaily journal, 17 July – 6 September 1995), pp. 12-13.2378 P740 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 21 May 1997), para. 2 (u); D284 (Philip Berikoff, witnessstatement, 26-27 May 1997), pp. 41, 59; P747 (Report by Berikoff on HV/HVO activities 4-20 August1995), para. 1 (m); P748 (Berikoff’s daily journal, 17 July – 6 September 1995), p. 13.2379 P740 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 21 May 1997), para. 2 (u); D284 (Philip Berikoff, witnessstatement, 26-27 May 1997), pp. 41-42; P748 (Berikoff’s daily journal, 17 July – 6 September 1995), p.13.2380 P740 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 21 May 1997), para. 2 (u); D284 (Philip Berikoff, witnessstatement, 26-27 May 1997), pp. 41, 63; P747 (Report by Berikoff on HV/HVO activities 4-20 August1995), para. 1 (m); P748 (Berikoff’s daily journal, 17 July – 6 September 1995), p. 13; P749 (Photos), pp.2, 39.2381 P748 (Berikoff’s daily journal, 17 July – 6 September 1995), pp. 13-14.2382 D284 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 26-27 May 1997), p. 47; P742 (Report by Berikoff onDestruction in Sector South, 22 November 1995), para. 2 (j).2383 D284 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 26-27 May 1997), p. 41.2384 D284 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 26-27 May 1997), pp. 41, 59.2385 D284 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 26-27 May 1997), p. 48; P742 (Report by Berikoff onDestruction in Sector South, 22 November 1995), para. 2 (m).2386 P748 (Berikoff’s daily journal, 17 July – 6 September 1995), p. 14.314Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `