Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

38928UNMO reports. At 10:30 a.m. on 6 August 1995, UNMO observed HV troops lootinghouses in Gračac, in which five houses were totally destroyed and the rest were partiallydestroyed. 2921 Sometime between 8 p.m. on 6 August 1995 and 8 p.m. on 7 August1995, UNMO observed that the UNMO office/house in Gračac was set on fire. 2922UNMO also observed police rounding up and loading livestock onto large vans. 2923685. Edmond Vanderostyne, a journalist from Belgium, 2924 testified that he and histwo colleagues, Frank Dejongh and Alain Guillaume, obtained a travel permit to enterthe Krajina and travelled extensively in that region on 8 August 1995. 2925 Upon enteringthe outskirts of Gračac on 8 August 1995, the witness testified that he observedpolicemen in grey or grey-blue uniforms and civilians engaged in looting; he saw atelevision set in a police car, civilian trucks and police vehicles being loaded with“booty”, policemen carrying bags of shoes, and trucks loaded with booty coming andgoing. 2926 The witness also saw several houses that had been set on fire and hugeplumes of smoke all over the outskirts of Gračac. 2927 He saw small groups of youngmen, some of whom wore grey-blue police uniforms and others of whom were shirtless,returning from the outskirts of Gračac, and believed that they were the arsonists becausethere was nobody else around. 2928 In the central square and the streets around the centreof Gračac, Vanderostyne saw a group of about 50-100 men in khaki, olive-greenuniforms with yellow ribbons on their shoulders, which he testified were the sameuniforms as that worn by the central figure in the first photograph of P324. 2929 Half ofthese individuals were relaxing, and several small groups were looting. 2930 There were2921 P109 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 8:30 p.m., 6 August 1995), p. 6.2922 P111 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 8 p.m., 7 August 1995), pp. 1, 3.2923 P111 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 8 p.m., 7 August 1995), p. 3.2924 P321 (Edmond Vanderostyne, witness statement, 1 July 2005), p. 1, para. 1; P327 (Vanderostyne’sCV).2925 P321 (Edmond Vanderostyne, witness statement, 1 July 2005), paras 7, 15; Edmond Vanderostyne, T.4038-4040; P326 (Map marked by Vanderostyne of route he travelled on 8 August 1995).2926 P321 (Edmond Vanderostyne, witness statement, 1 July 2005), paras 29-30; Edmond Vanderostyne,T. 4047, 4076, 4087; P324 (Photographs of soldiers in Gračac), pp. 1, 3.2927 P321 (Edmond Vanderostyne, witness statement, 1 July 2005), para. 29; Edmond Vanderostyne, T.4045, 4076; P322 (Article “Croats plunder their way through Krajina”, 9 August 1995), p. 1; P323 (Threephotographs of houses on fire).2928 P321 (Edmond Vanderostyne, witness statement, 1 July 2005), para. 29; P322 (Article “Croatsplunder their way through Krajina”, 9 August 1995), pp. 1-2.2929 P321 (Edmond Vanderostyne, witness statement, 1 July 2005), paras 30-31, 34; EdmondVanderostyne, T. 4028-4029, 4031, 4035-4036, 4073, 4076, 4087; P322 (Article “Croats plunder theirway through Krajina”, 9 August 1995), pp. 1-2; P324 (Photographs of soldiers in Gračac), pp. 2-4.2930 P321 (Edmond Vanderostyne, witness statement, 1 July 2005), paras 30-31, 34; EdmondVanderostyne, T. 4029, 4031, 4035-4036, 4073, 4076, 4087; P322 (Article “Croats plunder their waythrough Krajina”, 9 August 1995), pp. 1-2; P324 (Photographs of soldiers in Gračac), pp. 2-4.387Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `