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38791were no longer detained. 3844 About 35 minutes later, the patrol saw the same two carsexiting Kaštel Žegarski in Nadvoda municipality, where several houses were on fire. 3845Søren Liborius, an ECMM Operations Officer and team leader based in Knin from 28July 1995 until 27 November 1995, 3846 also stated that he saw several soldiers comingout of one burning house in Ćičevac going further down the valley and shooting straylivestock. 38471005. The Trial Chamber finds that at 2:15 p.m. on 1 September 1995 the hamlet ofĆičevac was on fire, and two vehicles with HV-VP license plates were parked close to aburning house. A person referred to as an HV soldier, who was standing next to thesevehicles, rushed towards the ECMM patrol and temporarily detained its members.Shortly thereafter, several other persons referred to as soldiers came out of the burninghouse and started shooting stray livestock in the valley. About half an hour later thesame vehicles as seen in Ćičevac were exiting Kaštel Žegarski where, at that moment,several houses were on fire. The Trial Chamber has considered that the person standingnext to the vehicles with HV-VP number plates detained the ECMM patrol whilstseveral other persons were inside the burning house. The Trial Chamber has alsoconsidered the actions of these persons after they came out of the burning house. Basedon this evidence, the Trial Chamber finds that they set houses on fire in Ćičevac andshortly thereafter in Kaštel Žegarski. Based on the description of the perpetrators assoldiers, the Trial Chamber finds that they wore military-type uniforms. Considering thepresence of two vehicles bearing HV-VP license plates on the scene, the fact that one ofthe uniformed men was standing next to these vehicles, and that the ECMM patrol wasreleased after its members announced their intention to call Čermak, the Trial Chamberfinds that the perpetrators were members of the HV.1006. Considering the ethnical composition of Kaštel Žegarski in 1991 and that severalhouses were on fire, the Trial Chamber finds that at least some of the burnt houses were3844 P801 (Søren Liborius, witness statement, 12 October 2005), p. 6; D820 (Eric Hendriks, witnessstatement, 18 April 1996), p. 5; P818 (ECMM Knin daily report, 1 September 1995), p. 2; D741 (Diary ofLiborius), p. 21; D743 (Notebook of Liborius, part I), p. 74.3845 D820 (Eric Hendriks, witness statement, 18 April 1996), pp. 5-6; P818 (ECMM Knin daily report, 1September 1995), p. 2.3846 P799 (Søren Liborius, witness statement, 2 November 1995), pp. 1, 3; P800 (Søren Liborius, witnessstatement, 11 November 1997), p. 2; P801 (Søren Liborius, witness statement, 12 October 2005), p. 2;P803 (Søren Liborius, witness statement, 6 September 2008), para. 6; Søren Liborius, T. 8229; D741(Diary of Liborius), p. 3.3847 P801 (Søren Liborius, witness statement, 12 October 2005), p. 12; P848 (Video of villages in SectorSouth with commentary by Liborius, 17, 19-21 May 1997), p. 8; D741 (Diary of Liborius), p. 21.524Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `