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38967attack it. 2633 Markač stated that this “exodus” began before the Special Police arrived inDonji Lapac and that it lasted several days. 2634 Markač stated that some buildings andhouses were damaged and destroyed by the (artillery) fighting in Donji Lapac and thathe was told that some of the Serbs from the convoy were setting their houses on fire toprevent them from falling in the hands of “Ustashas”. 2635 Markač also saw some burninghouses. 2636 At 3 p.m., the Special Police forces continued towards Kulen Vakuf inBosnia-Herzegovina and reached it at 7 p.m. 2637 Around 3 p.m., parts of the HV alsoreached Donji Lapac. 2638 Around 11 p.m. on 7 August 1995, the 8th Home GuardsRegiment, the 118th Home Guards Regiment, and the 128th Home Guards Regimenttook over control of the border. 2639 Markač stated that he had followed the advance ofhis troops but returned to Gračac to spend the night at the headquarters of the SpecialPolice. 2640613. On 4 August 1995 at 5 a.m., the Special Police unit of the Osijek-Baranjaadministration was ordered to get into action as the first auxiliary group to members ofthe Zadar, Split, and Varaždin Special Police units. While advancing the unit was splitinto two combat groups, one of which remained in the Mali Alan area to evacuate thewounded, while the second group went to the Crveni Bunari area to support the SpecialPolice unit from Splitsko-Dalmatinska. After the two units were rejoined, they advancedtowards Gračac on 5 August 1995 taking control of the prominent elevations in order tocapture dispersed enemy formations. On 6 August 1995, the unit came down from theirelevated positions into Gračac and were accommodated in the local school. 2641 FromGračac, the unit took part in the liberation of Donji Lapac with other Special Policeunits on 7 August 1995. After advancing to Donji Lapac without any serious problems,the Special Police Joint Force Command ordered the unit to return to its original base inOsijek after the successful completion of Operation Storm. Following Operation Storm,2633 P2530 (Suspect interview with Mladen Markač, 3-4 March 2003), p. 48; P2531 (Accused interviewwith Mladen Markač, 8 June 2004), p. 43.2634 P2531 (Accused interview with Mladen Markač, 8 June 2004), p. 43.2635 P2530 (Suspect interview with Mladen Markač, 3-4 March 2003), p. 123; P2531 (Accused interviewwith Mladen Markač, 8 June 2004), p. 99.2636 P2531 (Accused interview with Mladen Markač, 8 June 2004), p. 99.2637 P2530 (Suspect interview with Mladen Markač, 3-4 March 2003), pp. 41-43, 45; P2531 (Accusedinterview with Mladen Markač, 8 June 2004), p. 93.2638 P2530 (Suspect interview with Mladen Markač, 3-4 March 2003), p. 46; P2531 (Accused interviewwith Mladen Markač, 8 June 2004), p. 97.2639 P2530 (Suspect interview with Mladen Markač, 3-4 March 2003), p. 49.2640 P2530 (Suspect interview with Mladen Markač, 3-4 March 2003), pp. 53-54.2641 P2382 (Extract from record of Operation Storm related to Osijek–Baranja Special Police unit), p. 1.348Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `