Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

38975Lapac. 2535 The witness saw two or three buildings smouldering in the town centre. 2536The witness testified that their commanders were then joined by Markač. 2537 Togetherwith Markač, they visited the UNPROFOR base in the northern part of Donji Lapac andhad a meeting there. Markač told UNPROFOR members that they were part of theCroatian armed forces and, according to the witness, UN soldiers came out of theirshelters, seemed happy and hugged each other. Markač left right after the meeting. 2538602. The witness testified that he and his unit stayed in Donji Lapac until the arrivalof the HV in the afternoon of 7 August 1995. 2539 Then they withdrew to a hamlet on theoutskirts of Donji Lapac, about one kilometre from the centre, to spend the night. 2540This was the first time since the beginning of the operation that the witness saw HVmembers. 2541 From the hamlet, the witness heard lots of firing in Donji Lapac. 2542 Earlyin the morning on 8 August 1995 they received the order from their commander toadvance towards Kulen Vakuf. 2543 Leaving the place where they had spent the night, thewitness noticed smoke rising from many buildings and houses in Donji Lapac. 2544 Thewitness stated that no member of the Special Police was involved in the burning inDonji Lapac. 2545 Once the witness and his unit reached the area of Boričevac, DonjiLapac municipality, and Kulen Vakuf, they waited all day as a reserve force in fullcombat gear but were never engaged. 2546 Eventually, after a meeting with the head ofthe Special Police sector, Željko Sačić, the units which had been engaged in combatsince the beginning of the operation were released and the witness with his unit wereordered to return to Varaždin, which they did, passing through Udbina. 2547603. Ivan Herman, who was a medical doctor with the Varaždin Special Policeduring Operation Storm, 2548 testified that on 7 August 1995 his unit arrived at Donji2535 Dražen Vitez, T. 25990.2536 D1893 (Dražen Vitez, witness statement, 12 May 2009), paras 5-6; Dražen Vitez, T. 25991.2537 Dražen Vitez, T. 25990-25991.2538 D1893 (Dražen Vitez, witness statement, 12 May 2009), para. 6; Dražen Vitez, T. 25991.2539 D1893 (Dražen Vitez, witness statement, 12 May 2009), para. 7.2540 D1893 (Dražen Vitez, witness statement, 12 May 2009), para. 7; Dražen Vitez, T. 25991, 26065.2541 Dražen Vitez, T. 25997, 26063-26064.2542 Dražen Vitez, T. 26066.2543 D1893 (Dražen Vitez, witness statement, 12 May 2009), para. 7; Dražen Vitez, T. 25968, 25992,26066.2544 D1893 (Dražen Vitez, witness statement, 12 May 2009), para. 7.2545 Dražen Vitez, T. 25991-25994.2546 Dražen Vitez, T. 25992.2547 D1893 (Dražen Vitez, witness statement, 12 May 2009), para. 7; Dražen Vitez, T. 25968, 25992,25997-25998.2548 D1910 (Ivan Herman, witness statement, 18 May 2009), p. 1, paras 1-4; Ivan Herman, T. 26428-26431, 26456.340Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `