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38983smashed and burned. They also observed that 95 per cent of the general Cetina area wasburned down. 2503 Edward Flynn, a Human Rights Officer with the Office of theUNHCHR and the leader of one of the HRATs in the former Sector South from 7August to mid-September 1995, 2504 visited Cetina in early September 1995 andobserved that approximately 95 per cent of the deserted town had recently burned, thatthe Orthodox church had suffered some destruction, burning and vandalism, and thatthere were a few dead cattle in the road. 2505 Peter Marti, an UNMO and later a memberof HRAT in Sector South from 19 June to 27 November 1995, 2506 testified that on 2September 1995, he went on patrol in Cetina and observed that 95 per cent of the houseswere damaged. 2507 The orthodox church was completely destroyed, bibles, holypictures, crosses, and the church inventory were smashed and burned. 2508579. Witness 136, a Serb field interpreter for UNCIVPOL and UNCRO, 2509 travelledout of Knin with UN patrols from 9 August 1995 onwards and testified that the villageof Cetina had been completely burnt without a single house left standing. 2510580. Alexander Tchernetsky, an UNMO in Croatia from 20 June 1995 untilDecember 1995, 2511 testified that for the first several days after the Croatian offensive,UNMOs did not have freedom of movement in the Cetina area. 2512 When the witnessvisited Cetina, he was shocked by the scale of the destruction, noting that the town had2503 P138 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 8 p.m., 2 September 1995), p. 5.2504P20 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 1-2, 6, 13, 23; P21 (Edward Flynn, witnessstatement, 26-27 February 2008), p. 1, paras 3-4, 36; Edward Flynn, T. 1044, 1270, 1291-1292, 1312,1325.2505 P21 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 26-27 February 2008), para. 29; P36 (HRAT daily report, 2-4September 1995), p. 3; P38 (Weekly report from Hussein Al-Alfi, 2-8 September 1995), p. 6.2506 P415 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 13 February 1996), pp. 1-2; P416 (Peter Marti, witnessstatement, 29 June 1997), pp. 1, 6; P417 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 14 December 2007), paras 1, 5,9, 17.2507 P416 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 10-11; P417 (Peter Marti, witness statement,14 December 2007), paras 52, 83; D391 (Summary of humanitarian violations from HQ Sector Southdaily situation reports, 7 August-8 September 1995), p. 31.2508 P416 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 10-11; P417 (Peter Marti, witness statement,14 December 2007), paras 52, 83; D391 (Summary of humanitarian violations from HQ Sector Southdaily situation reports, 7 August-8 September 1995), p. 31.2509 P2 (Witness 136, witness statement, 4 July 1996), pp. 1-2; Witness 136, T. 620, 622, 641, 726, 765,768, 780-782.2510 P2 (Witness 136, witness statement, 4 July 1996), p. 14; Witness 136, T. 641, 764-765; P5 (Map ofSector South marked by Witness 136).2511 P204 (Alexander Tchernetsky, witness statement, 18 May 2002), pp. 1-2; Alexander Tchernetsky, T.3204, 3221.2512 P204 (Alexander Tchernetsky, witness statement, 18 May 2002), p. 6.332Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `