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38985not provide further details as to the factual basis for the person’s qualification asCroatian. Consequently, the Trial Chamber cannot assess whether the qualification ofthe person as a Croatian soldier was made on a proper factual basis. In this respect, theTrial Chamber also notes that the person referred to as a soldier was travelling in acivilian car. There is evidence indicating that the HV 134th Home Guard regiment wasordered to deploy part of the unit in the Benkovačko Selo area on 16 August 1995 andthat the regiment in fact was deployed there on 1 September 1995. This evidence doesnot indicate when the unit was deployed in the Benkovačko Selo area, which is at adistance of about three kilometres from Stegnjajići. The Trial Chamber has received noother reliable evidence about which armed forces, if any, the alleged perpetratorsbelonged to, including about which armed forces, if any, were present in or in thevicinity of Stegnjajići at the time. Considering all of the above, the Trial Chamber istherefore unable to draw any conclusions regarding the identity or affiliation of theperpetrators. Under these circumstances, the Trial Chamber will not further considertheses incidents in relation to Counts 1 and 5 of the Indictment.4.2.3 Civljane municipalityCetina574. The Trial Chamber has received relevant evidence with regard to allegeddestruction and plunder in Cetina in Civljane municipality primarily through thetestimonies of Roland Dangerfield, Alun Roberts, and various UNMO reports.According to the 1991 Population Census, the population of Cetina consisted of 793Serbs out of a total of 853 persons in 1991. 2491575. Roland Dangerfield, a British army sector liaison officer stationed in Knin inAugust 1995, 2492 testified that in the week following the attack on Knin in August 1995he went to the village of Cetina where he saw looting and burning. 2493 Dangerfieldtestified that he saw a truckload of soldiers enter the village firing weapons into the2490 P124 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 7 p.m., 20 August 1995), p. 3.2491 C5 (State Bureau of Statistics Population Census of 1991, National Structure of the Population ofCroatia According to Settlement), p. 110.2492 P695 (Roland Dangerfield, witness statement, 21 December 1995), paras 1-2; Roland Dangerfield, T.7132.2493 Roland Dangerfield, T. 7161-7162, 7279-7282; P699 (The Fall of the Republic of Serb Krajina,authored by Roland Dangerfield, undated), p. 6.330Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

38984air. 2494 At first, Dangerfield was not noticed, but once he was, he was detained for fiveor ten minutes by what he, based on the training he had received, identified as a SpecialPolice officer who, as far as the witness remembered, was armed and in uniform, whothen escorted him out of Sector South. 2495576. ECMM reported that Cetina is located in a valley, surrounded by small villages.ECMM further reported that on 11 August 1995 at 11:30 a.m., the entire valley in whichCetina is located was burned, and that they saw houses still on fire. According toECMM, cattle were being shot or loaded on trucks. A newly built shelter, set up theweek prior, was blown up from the inside. 2496577. Alun Roberts, Press and Information Officer for UN Sector South in Knin frommid-September 1993 until about mid-October 1995, 2497 visited Cetina in mid-August1995 when he found the village deserted and completely burnt. 2498 Roberts reported thatbefore the Croatian offensive the ”centre of community” Cetina had had a population of2,200 inhabitants. 2499578. Before 8 p.m. on 13 August 1995, UNMO observed that Cetina was almostempty, and noticed a few recently burnt houses as well as decomposing animals thatsomeone had shot. 2500 Before 8 p.m. on 28 August 1995, UNMO observedapproximately six burned houses in Dubrava, 15 burned houses in Dragići, 30 burnedhouses in Čitluk, 20 burned houses in Milaši and 25 burned houses in Cetina, all inCivljane municipality. 2501 At 1 p.m. on 2 September 1995, UNMO observed 25 civilianvehicles with Split, Šibenik and German licence plates and more than 50 civilianslooting houses in the area of Cetina. 2502 At the same time, UNMO observed that theOrthodox church in Cetina was completely burned on the inside and religious items2494 Roland Dangerfield, T. 7162; P699 (The Fall of the Republic of Serb Krajina, authored by RolandDangerfield, undated), p. 6.2495 Roland Dangerfield, T. 7161-7162, 7279-7282; P699 (The Fall of the Republic of Serb Krajina,authored by Roland Dangerfield, undated), p. 6.2496 P815 (ECMM report by Liborius, 26 August 1995), p. 6.2497 P675 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 27 August 1997), p. 1, para. 1; P676 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 31 July 1998), p. 1; P677 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 28 February 2007), pp. 1-2; P678(Alun Roberts, witness statement, 7 February 2008), p. 1, paras 3-4, 6; P680 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 1 July 2008), p. 1.2498 P680 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 1 July 2008), para. 6; P684 (Alun Roberts’s report to thepress on HV’s human rights violations in Sector South, 12 October 1995), p. 1.2499 P684 (Alun Roberts’s report to the press on HV’s human rights violations in Sector South, 12 October1995), p. 1.2500 P118 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 8 p.m., 13 August 1995), pp. 1-2.2501 P130 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 8 p.m., 28 August 1995), pp. 1, 6.2502 P139 (UNMO Sector South update situation report, 11 p.m., 2 September 1995), p. 1.331Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

38984air. 2494 At first, Dangerfield was not noticed, but once he was, he was d<strong>et</strong>ained for fiveor ten minutes by what he, based on the training he had received, identified as a Speci<strong>al</strong>Police officer who, as far as the witness remembered, was armed and in uniform, whothen escorted him out of Sector South. 2495576. ECMM reported that C<strong>et</strong>ina is located in a v<strong>al</strong>ley, surrounded by sm<strong>al</strong>l villages.ECMM further reported that on 11 August 1995 at 11:30 a.m., the entire v<strong>al</strong>ley in whichC<strong>et</strong>ina is located was burned, and that they saw houses still on fire. According toECMM, cattle were being shot or loaded on trucks. A newly built shelter, s<strong>et</strong> up theweek prior, was blown up from the inside. 2496577. Alun Roberts, Press and Information Officer for UN Sector South in Knin frommid-September 1993 until about mid-October 1995, 2497 visited C<strong>et</strong>ina in mid-August1995 when he found the village deserted and compl<strong>et</strong>ely burnt. 2498 Roberts reported thatbefore the Croatian offensive the ”centre of community” C<strong>et</strong>ina had had a population of2,200 inhabitants. 2499578. Before 8 p.m. on 13 August 1995, UNMO observed that C<strong>et</strong>ina was <strong>al</strong>mostempty, and noticed a few recently burnt houses as well as decomposing anim<strong>al</strong>s thatsomeone had shot. 2500 Before 8 p.m. on 28 August 1995, UNMO observedapproximately six burned houses in Dubrava, 15 burned houses in Dragići, 30 burnedhouses in Čitluk, 20 burned houses in Milaši and 25 burned houses in C<strong>et</strong>ina, <strong>al</strong>l inCivljane municip<strong>al</strong>ity. 2501 At 1 p.m. on 2 September 1995, UNMO observed 25 civilianvehicles with Split, Šibenik and German licence plates and more than 50 civilianslooting houses in the area of C<strong>et</strong>ina. 2502 At the same time, UNMO observed that theOrthodox church in C<strong>et</strong>ina was compl<strong>et</strong>ely burned on the inside and religious items2494 Roland Dangerfield, T. 7162; P699 (The F<strong>al</strong>l of the Republic of Serb Krajina, authored by RolandDangerfield, undated), p. 6.2495 Roland Dangerfield, T. 7161-7162, 7279-7282; P699 (The F<strong>al</strong>l of the Republic of Serb Krajina,authored by Roland Dangerfield, undated), p. 6.2496 P815 (ECMM report by Liborius, 26 August 1995), p. 6.2497 P675 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 27 August 1997), p. 1, para. 1; P676 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 31 July 1998), p. 1; P677 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 28 February 2007), pp. 1-2; P678(Alun Roberts, witness statement, 7 February 2008), p. 1, paras 3-4, 6; P680 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 1 July 2008), p. 1.2498 P680 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 1 July 2008), para. 6; P684 (Alun Roberts’s report to thepress on HV’s human rights violations in Sector South, 12 October 1995), p. 1.2499 P684 (Alun Roberts’s report to the press on HV’s human rights violations in Sector South, 12 October1995), p. 1.2500 P118 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 8 p.m., 13 August 1995), pp. 1-2.2501 P130 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 8 p.m., 28 August 1995), pp. 1, 6.2502 P139 (UNMO Sector South update situation report, 11 p.m., 2 September 1995), p. 1.331Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

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