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38935and on 5 August 1995 continued towards Gračac until around noon, when they reachedthe area of Štikada, Gračac municipality, by Lake Jezero where they remained on standbyin Loncari hamlet during the rest of the day and the next day. 2849 The witnesstestified that his unit did not enter Gračac, but also stated that he did. 2850 On 7 August1995, the witness’s and other Special Police units were ordered by the Special PoliceMain Staff to go to and deploy in Bruvno, Gračac municipality, in order to prevent apossible counter-attack by the SVK. 2851 The witness and his unit left in the morninghours, and going from the Štikada area, passing south of Gračac, up to Bruvno, thewitness noticed, in Gračac, several destroyed buildings that had vegetation growing outof the ruins. 2852 During his stay outside of Gračac he did not witness any artillery attackor smoking or burning houses. 2853 The witness also testified that he saw only SpecialPolice around Gračac. 2854 Arriving in Bruvno, they found it empty of SVK, and thewitness’s unit was tasked to attack Donji Lapac together with units of PrimorskoGorinska, the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit and the Gospić unit. 2855675. Ivan Herman, who was a medical doctor with the Varaždin Special Policeduring Operation Storm, 2856 testified that on the first day of Operation Storm he was atMount Velebit where his unit broke through enemy lines and reached Mali Alan, inLovinac municipality. 2857 They then passed through Sveti Rok, Ričice and Lovinac, allin Lovinac municipality, and the villages along the way, which Herman testified hadbeen inhabited by Croats prior to 1991, were devastated, full of roofless houses withbushes growing in and out of them. 2858 Advancing towards Gračac, Herman sawscattered military equipment and old abandoned vehicles. 2859 On 5 August 1995, heentered Gračac in the afternoon via the main road in a vehicle. 2860 While Hermanremembered seeing some craters on the tarmac, he testified that the road was largely in2849 D1893 (Dražen Vitez, witness statement, 12 May 2009), para. 4; Dražen Vitez, T. 25987, 26053-26055.2850 Dražen Vitez, T. 25987-25989, 25997, 26053-26054, 26057.2851 D1893 (Dražen Vitez, witness statement, 12 May 2009), para. 4; Dražen Vitez, T. 25987-25988,26056.2852 Dražen Vitez, T. 25987-25989, 26056-26059; P2696 (Map on which Dražen Vitez marked his route).2853 Dražen Vitez, T. 25997, 26060-26061.2854 Dražen Vitez, T. 25997.2855 D1893 (Dražen Vitez, witness statement, 12 May 2009), para. 4; Dražen Vitez, T. 25989.2856 D1910 (Ivan Herman, witness statement, 18 May 2009), p. 1, paras 1-4; Ivan Herman, T. 26428-26431, 26456.2857 Ivan Herman, T. 26432-26434, 26454, 26458.2858 D1910 (Ivan Herman, witness statement, 18 May 2009), para. 6; Ivan Herman, T. 26434-26436.2859 Ivan Herman, T. 26435-26436.380Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `