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38877huge plumes of smoke over the Benkovac valley. 3241 In Kistanje, Flynn saw a fewvehicles, persons in military uniform and at least seven buildings in flames, which heconsidered was not caused by shelling, as there was hardly any damage to the walls. 3242Flynn interviewed four out of 18 remaining elderly villagers in Rudele, in Kistanjemunicipality, who reported extensive looting and one murder around 6 August of a 39-year-old man by the first wave of soldiers to arrive in their area following OperationStorm, but that they had now been replaced by other soldiers who treated them well andgave them food. 3243 Flynn gained for the first time access to Benkovac, which wasalmost deserted but relatively undamaged compared to other places. 3244 Flynn stated thatin the weeks after 13 August 1995, he drove through Kistanje on several occasions, thatthe town was totally deserted by the end of August and that most buildings there hadburned, particularly in the centre of town. 3245 He saw a World War II memorial that hadbeen vandalized or destroyed. 3246 Similarly, most buildings in Ðevrske had burned. 3247In Macure, Kistanje municipality, a house was burning. 3248804. Sometime between 1 and 5 p.m. on 10 August 1995, UNMO observed Croatiantroops looting and burning houses in Kistanje. 3249 At 10:20 a.m. on 14 August 1995,UNMO observed that approximately 90 per cent of the houses in Kistanje had burneddown and that the Croatian army occupied the remaining ones. 3250 At 4:30 p.m. on 14August 1995, UNMO observed in Kistanje persons who looked like civilian officialslooking at maps and pointing to houses. Around 7:30 p.m. that day, UNMO observedseveral houses on fire in Kistanje. 3251 At 3:30 p.m. on 16 August 1995, UNMO3241 P20 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 18, 21; P21 (Edward Flynn, witnessstatement, 26-27 February 2008), paras 11-12; Edward Flynn, T. 1051-1052, 1054-1058; P25 (HRATdaily report, 13 August 1995), p. 1; P26 (UN TV footage, 13 August 1995).3242 P20 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 18, 21, 32, 35; P21 (Edward Flynn, witnessstatement, 26-27 February 2008), para. 41; Edward Flynn, T. 1056-1059.3243 P21 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 26-27 February 2008), para. 11; Edward Flynn, T. 1118-1120;P24 (Map of Sector South with marked locations); P25 (HRAT daily report, 13 August 1995), p. 1.3244 P20 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 17, 19-20; P21 (Edward Flynn, witnessstatement, 26-27 February 2008), para. 11; Edward Flynn, T. 1086, 1088; P25 (HRAT daily report, 13August 1995), p. 2.3245 P20 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 32-33, 37.3246 P20 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 29 June 1997), p. 33.3247 P20 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 32, 37.3248 P21 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 26-27 February 2008), para. 30; P38 (Weekly report fromHussein Al-Alfi, 2-8 September 1995), pp. 4-5; P50 (HRAT daily report, 5 September 1995), p. 1.3249 P114 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 8 p.m., 10 August 1995), pp. 1, 3.3250 P119 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 9 p.m., 14 August 1995), p. 3.3251 P119 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 9 p.m., 14 August 1995), p. 4.438Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `