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38903was hiding, approximately 30 armed persons in military uniforms enter the houses in hisvillage. Later, Letunica saw groups of three to five such persons, unknown to him, enterthe village on a daily basis. The witness saw houses burning, always during the day,with seven houses burnt between 7 and 27 August 1995. These houses belonged toDušan Borak, Milan Borak, Sava Borak, Simo Borak, Sveto Borak, Miloš Žeželj, andRajko Žeželj. Letunica saw these persons in military uniform remove livestock anditems from houses, load them into “personal” cars and take them away. Letunica statedthat these persons never came to the village after 2 p.m., and as a result he would returnto his property for some time during the afternoons but he would not stay at the house atnight. Whilst he was hiding in the forest, all of his livestock (80 sheep, one cow, onecalf, two pigs and poultry), two tractors, and a trailer disappeared. 3036 In earlySeptember 1995, the ICRC helped the witness get to Serbia. Letunica returned to Gošićon 8 July 1997 where he found his house completely empty. 3037745. On 11 August 1995, Captain Matko Kurtović reported to the Commander of theOG Šibenik that on 6 August 1995 the 113th Infantry Brigade liberated the villages ofðevrske, Dobropoljci and all the villages in the vicinity, in the direction of ðevrske. 3038He further reported that on 7 August 1995, no combat operations were carried out, andthat on 8 August 1995, a reinforced battalion of the 113th Infantry Brigade wasdeployed in the region of Srb, Donji Lapac municipality. 3039746. In addition to the above evidence, the Trial Chamber has considered P1128reviewed in chapter 4.2.8 (Biovičino Selo, Macure, and Kolašac) and P1200 reviewed inchapter, reviewed in chapter 4.2.8 (Parčić).747. On 6 August 1995, the 113th Infantry Brigade took control of the villagesbetween ðevrske and Dobropoljci. Also on 6 August 1995, the 113th Infantry Brigadereceived an order to deploy its troops in the wider area of Biovičino Selo in Kistanjemunicipality, by no later than 4 a.m. on 7 August 1995. On 7 August 1995, the 1stInfantry Battalion was deployed in the area of Modrino Selo in Kistanje municipalityand the 134th Home Guard Regiment was erecting check-points on the cross-roads nearParčić and Kolašac, in Kistanje municipality. Considering this and Milan Letunica’sevidence that on 7 August 1995, approximately 30 persons in military uniforms were3036 P635 (Milan Letunica, witness statement, 22 April 1998), p. 2.3037 P635 (Milan Letunica, witness statement, 22 April 1998), p. 3.3038 P2349 (Report on security in OG Šibenik, 11 August 1995), pp. 1-2, 6.3039 P2349 (Report on security in OG Šibenik, 11 August 1995), pp. 1, 3.412Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `