Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

38834burning in Knin town. 3595 Beginning at 1:45 p.m. on 7 August 1995, UNMO observedCroatian soldiers carrying valuable items from houses. 3596895. Two international witnesses, Flynn and Akashi, who arrived in Knin on 7 August1995 provided a somewhat different account of the relevant events. Edward Flynn, aHuman Rights Officer with the Office of the UNHCHR and the leader of one of theHRATs in the former Sector South from 7 August to mid-September 1995, 3597 arrivedin Knin by helicopter with Akashi and others on 7 August 1995 and saw smoke rising ina couple of places in Knin. 3598 Very shortly thereafter, they drove down the main streetof Knin, where Flynn saw shattered shop windows, buildings with signs of ballisticsimpacts and a lot of persons in military uniform. 3599 Yasushi Akashi, SpecialRepresentative of the Secretary-General to the former Yugoslavia and Chief ofUNPROFOR/UNCRO from January 1994 to October 1995, 3600 testified that on 7August 1995, the streets of Knin were littered with pieces of buildings, stores had theirwindows broken, and there were many internally displaced persons. 3601 The witnessfurther testified that some of the houses that looked like civilian residences were alsodamaged. 3602 Akashi also testified that the amount of destruction and damage heencountered in Knin was not as great as he had anticipated and that the amount ofdestruction was not of the same level as the witness had seen in Sarajevo. 3603 The TrialChamber has further considered evidence by Edward Flynn, reviewed in chapter 4.4.3.896. Accounts similar to those of Flynn and Akashi were provided by Croatianwitnesses. Ive Kardum, Chief of the crime police department for the Zadar-Knin policeadministration in 1995, 3604 testified that he first came to Knin on 7 August 1995, wherehe had a meeting in Knin Police station and found Čedo Romanić and Stjepan Buhin3595 Tor Munkelien, T. 1520-1521; P67 (UNMO Team Podkonje report, 27 August 1995), para. 2.3596 P111 (UNMO Sector South daily situation report, 8 p.m., 7 August 1995), p. 7.3597P20 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 1-2, 6, 13, 23; P21 (Edward Flynn, witnessstatement, 26-27 February 2008), p. 1, paras 3-4, 36; Edward Flynn, T. 1044, 1270, 1291-1292, 1312,1325.3598 P20 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 2-3, 5, 16, 25; Edward Flynn, T. 1109,1141, 1298, 1301, 1303; D29 (Cable from Akashi to Annan regarding his trip to Knin, 7 August 1995),para. 1.3599 P20 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 3, 19; Edward Flynn, T. 1307; D29 (Cablefrom Akashi to Annan regarding his trip to Knin, 7 August 1995), paras 1-2.3600 D1646 (Yasushi Akashi, witness statement, 20 July 2009), para. 1; Yasushi Akashi, T. 21621.3601 Yasushi Akashi, T. 21671-21672.3602 Yasushi Akashi, T. 21672.3603 Yasushi Akashi, T. 21673-21674, 21741.3604P2396 (Ive Kardum, witness statement, 3-4 May 2007), p. 1, paras 2-3; P2397 (Ive Kardum, witnessstatement, 22-23 March 2004), p. 1, paras 1-3, 12, 15, 17; Ive Kardum, T. 9231, 9251-9252, 9398, 9498-9499.481Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `