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38932Lapac, Donji Lapac, and Boričevac towards the Una river. This necessitated asignificant amount of troops (five or six battalions and two axes). 2885 In order to protectthe flanks and to join up with HV forces, Markač ordered that one battalion (Karlovacunit and part of the Sisak unit) should head in the direction of Udbina and another in thedirection of Otrić in Gračac municipality. 2886 The Otrić flank set out on 6 August1995. 2887 On 6 August 1995, military police arrived in Gračac and the commanderreported to Sačić. 2888679. Zoran Cvrk, who was commander of the Alpha Special Unit of the ZagrebPolice Administration from May 1993 to February 2000 and was commander of theSpecial Police’s 4th auxiliary axis of operation during Operation Storm, 2889 testified thaton 5 August 1995, the Special Police entered Gračac while his unit was engaged in thedirection of Otrić, in Gračac municipality, and that he passed through Gračac onmultiple occasions on 5 August and thereafter, including to participate in the opening ofthe Gračac police station. 2890 In Gračac, the witness observed that the police station, theenemy command building, and a few cross-roads had been damaged by artillery fire;that several buildings were on fire; and that several family homes were riddled withbullets. He also noticed some abandoned machinery. 2891680. Zdravko Janić, the chief of the Anti-Terrorist Department of the Special PoliceSector in 1995, 2892 testified that Gračac fell by 11:30 a.m. on 5 August 1995, and thecivilian police arrived there either the same day or the following morning, andestablished a police station there. 2893 According to Janić, when he entered Gračac townon the afternoon of 5 August 1995, the town was intact and there was no damage caused2884 Željko Sačić, T. 27744.2885 Željko Sačić, T. 27745.2886 Željko Sačić, T. 27745-27746.2887 Željko Sačić, T. 27745.2888 Željko Sačić, T. 27810.2889 D1833 (Zoran Cvrk, witness statement, 13 May 2009), p. 1, paras 1-2, 17; Zoran Cvrk, T. 25330-25332, 25367-25369, 25422, 25427, 25466.2890 Zoran Cvrk, T. 25372, 25374-25375.2891 Zoran Cvrk, T. 25375-25376.2892 P552 (Zdravko Janić, witness statement, 14 January 2004), para. 13; P553 (Zdravko Janić,Prosecution interview, 15 March 2005), part I, p. 25; Zdravko Janić, T. 6099.2893 P552 (Zdravko Janić, witness statement, 14 January 2004), para. 33; P553 (Zdravko Janić,Prosecution interview, 15 March 2005), part I, pp. 99-100; part II, p. 58; Zdravko Janić, T. 6211-6212,6350; P583 (Special Police report to General Červenko on lines reached, Mladen Markač, 5 August1995), p. 1; P584 (Special Police report signed by Mladen Markač, 5 August 1995), p. 1.383Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `