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38986catching fire, the Trial Chamber finds that members of this group of persons set fire tothe houses. Considering the presence of persons wearing camouflage uniforms, somewith checkerboard insignia, the number of persons present, and the presence of tanks inthe area, the Trial Chamber finds that the persons burning houses were members ofCroatian armed forces or Special Police. Considering the ethnical composition ofBuković in 1991, that significant numbers of non-Serbs left the former Sector Southbetween 1991 and 1995 (see chapter 5.1.2), the Trial Chamber finds that at least someof the burnt houses were owned or inhabited by Krajina Serbs. The Trial Chamber willfurther consider these incidents in relation to Counts 1 and 5 of the Indictment.Stegnjajići571. The Trial Chamber has received evidence with regard to alleged destruction inStegnjajići in Benkovac municipality through UNCRO and UNMO reports. Accordingto an UNCRO report, at approximately 5 p.m. on 19 August 1995 in Stegnjajići,UNCRO and UNMO staff heard an explosion, and saw two civilians with short hair anddesert eagle pistols leaving in a small blue car. 2488 They discovered a four-metre-longstring tied to a grenade pin near a house, and shrapnel damage inside the house. Theyreported the incident to the Benkovac police. 2489 At 5:30 p.m. on the same day, UNMOobserved one civilian car with one Croatian soldier searching houses in the area ofStegnjajići in Benkovac municipality, who exploded a hand grenade in a house. 2490572. In addition to the evidence above, the Trial Chamber has considered P1200 andP2566 reviewed in chapter 4.2.2.573. The evidence indicates that at approximately 5 p.m. on 19 August 1995 inStegnjajići, two civilians carrying desert eagle pistols and travelling in a small blue car,caused a grenade explosion which created shrapnel damage inside a house. Theevidence further indicates that at 5:30 p.m. on 19 August 1995, a person referred to as aCroatian soldier, in a civilian car, was searching houses in Stegnjajići and exploded ahand grenade in a house. Based on UNMO’s description of this person as a Croatiansoldier, the Trial Chamber is satisfied that the person wore a uniform. The report does2488 P403 (UNCRO Sector South daily situation report, 8:30 p.m., 21 August 1995), pp. 3-4; D623(UNCRO Sector South daily situation report, 8:30 p.m., 21 August 1995), pp. 2-3.2489 P403 (UNCRO Sector South daily situation report, 8:30 p.m., 21 August 1995), p. 4; D623 (UNCROSector South daily situation report, 8:30 p.m., 21 August 1995), p. 3.329Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `