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38901751. Laila M<strong>al</strong>m, a UNCIVPOL member working in Knin, Benkovac, Gračac, andObrovac municip<strong>al</strong>ities b<strong>et</strong>ween 26 August and December 1995, 3041 testified that on 30August 1995, in the village of Ivoševci, she observed many men dressed in militaryuniform looting household goods from houses and loading the items into a truck and acar which had registration plates from Zadar municip<strong>al</strong>ity. 3042 The people in militaryuniform told the witness that they were protecting the civilians but it did not appear tothe witness that this was the case. 3043 According to a UNCIVPOL incident reportrelating to this incident, villagers informed UNCIVPOL that these soldiers were burninghouses and ste<strong>al</strong>ing. 3044 When they were driving away from the scene, one of thesoldiers shouted at them what was interpr<strong>et</strong>ed as, “we will come after you”. The witness<strong>al</strong>so believed that the individu<strong>al</strong>s in military uniform were openly looting and not tryingto hide what they were doing. 3045752. The evidence indicates that on 30 August 1995, in Ivoševci, a number of menwearing military uniforms were taking unspecified household goods from houses, andloading them into a truck and a car, both carrying registration plates from Zadarmunicip<strong>al</strong>ity. The above evidence does not establish to which armed forces, if any, theperp<strong>et</strong>rators belonged. Nor has the Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber received sufficient evidence aboutwhich armed forces, if any, were present in or in the vicinity of Ivoševci at the time. TheTri<strong>al</strong> Chamber is therefore unable to draw any conclusions regarding the identity oraffiliation of the perp<strong>et</strong>rators. Under these circumstances, the Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber will notfurther consider these incidents in relation to Counts 1 and 4 of the Indictment.Kakanj753. The Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber has received relevant evidence with regard to the <strong>al</strong>legeddestruction and looting of Kakanj primarily through the testimonies of Radoslav andMirko Ognjenović. According to the 1991 Population Census, the population of Kakanj,3041 P774 (Laila M<strong>al</strong>m, witness statement, 30 July 2008, corrected 4 September 2008), paras 1, 13; LailaM<strong>al</strong>m, T. 8147; P775 (Map of Gračac area, marked by Laila M<strong>al</strong>m).3042 P774 (Laila M<strong>al</strong>m, witness statement, 30 July 2008, corrected 4 September 2008), para. 11; LailaM<strong>al</strong>m, T. 8158, 8170; P779 (UNCIVPOL incident report, S2-95-531, 30 August 1995).3043 Laila M<strong>al</strong>m, T. 8158-8159; P779 (UNCIVPOL incident report, S2-95-531, 30 August 1995).3044 P779 (UNCIVPOL incident report, S2-95-531, 30 August 1995).3045 P774 (Laila M<strong>al</strong>m, witness statement, 30 July 2008, corrected 4 September 2008), para. 11.414Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

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