Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

38939Group), 2804 testified that on 4 August 1995 his unit commander ordered his unit todepart from the Velike Vrsine area of Mount Velebit in order to penetrate the frontlinein Crni Vrh, in Gospić municipality, and to advance further towards Gračac. 2805 Thewitness’s unit entered into combat with the enemy at Crni Vrh, which was a fortifiedenemy facility surrounded by several minefields, and occupied it. 2806 Vurnek’s unit wasthen ambushed just outside the village of Egeljac, in Lovinac municipality, and eight ofhis men were injured and one was killed. 2807 The witness testified that with the help ofreserve Special Police forces as well as parts of the Vukovar-Srijem unit, his uniteventually quashed the attack, capturing two T-55 tanks. 2808 The witness stated that asegment of his unit then continued on to set up two combat barrier points along the roadbetween Gračac and Gospić, while the witness and others remained with the tanks andspent the night along Ruka-Papuča Road. 2809671. The following day, 5 August 1995, the witness testified that his unit encounteredno further combat when they passed very near to Sveti Rok, in Lovinac municipality,took the Gospić-Gračac road and entered Gračac around 2 p.m. 2810 Along the way,Vurnek saw some destroyed houses that had vegetation and trees growing out ofthem. 2811 The witness testified that he saw various craters on the road into Gračac – inparticular, some close to an intersection – and one burning house in Gračac that wasmostly burned down; near the house, he entered a factory with hangars that contained alarge amount of weapons, pieces of weapons, and ammunition crates. 2812 Vurnek’s unitspent the night and the following day, 6 August 1995, in empty public buildings in2804 D1895 (Dragutin Vurnek, witness statement, 18 May 2009), p. 1, para. 1; Dragutin Vurnek, T. 26165-26166, 26169-26171, 26211, 26223, 26253.2805 D1895 (Dragutin Vurnek, witness statement, 18 May 2009), paras 2, 4; Dragutin Vurnek, T. 26172-26174, 26181; D1896 (Extract from the Kutina group’s war path report), p. 1.2806 D1895 (Dragutin Vurnek, witness statement, 18 May 2009), para. 4; Dragutin Vurnek, T. 26173-26174, 26176; D1896 (Extract from the Kutina group’s war path report), pp. 1-2.2807 D1895 (Dragutin Vurnek, witness statement, 18 May 2009), para. 4; Dragutin Vurnek, T. 26173,26177-26178; D1896 (Extract from the Kutina group’s war path report), pp. 1-2.2808 Dragutin Vurnek, T. 26173, 26178; D1896 (Extract from the Kutina group’s war path report), pp. 1-2.2809 D1895 (Dragutin Vurnek, witness statement, 18 May 2009), para. 4; Dragutin Vurnek, T. 26173,26178-26180; D1896 (Extract from the Kutina group’s war path report), p. 2.2810 D1895 (Dragutin Vurnek, witness statement, 18 May 2009), paras 5-6; Dragutin Vurnek, T. 26173,26181, 26230, 26259-26262; D1896 (Extract from the Kutina group’s war path report), pp. 4-5; D1899(Map of route to Gračac marked by Dragutin Vurnek).2811 Dragutin Vurnek, T. 26223, 26261-26265, 26270; D294 (Video footage of road between Sveti Rokand Gračac, 5 August 1995).2812 Dragutin Vurnek, T. 26181-26182; 26230, 26232, 26258-26259, 26270-26273; D1900 (Approximatelocation of burning house on map of Gračac marked by Vurnek). See also P1242 (War path of Dubrava-Neretva Special Police unit), p. 7.376Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `