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387841021. Søren Liborius, an ECMM Operations Officer and team leader based in Kninfrom 28 July 1995 until 27 November 1995, 3867 stated that on 9 August 1995 at 2:30p.m., he saw five armed soldiers in camouflage uniforms with “Diverzantia” insignia, askull, whom he also identified by their insignia on cars and uniforms as belonging to the7th Guards Brigade, in Biskupija, being in the process of searching and burning aroundten houses. 3868 The soldiers had a white Lada and a green Land Rover. 3869 On 23 August1995, ECMM learned from elderly villagers from Biskupija that they had “voluntarilymade the Croatian authorities remove parts of the livestock as they [were] unable to takecare of them”. 38701022. The account of Liborius with regard to his observations on 9 August 1995 wasconfirmed by two other ECMM monitors. Eric Hendriks, an ECMM monitor in Kninfrom 21 July 1995 until 30 October 1995, 3871 testified that on 9 August 1995 inBiskupija village he saw ten houses burning and five soldiers from the 7th Brigade,from a special unit with skull insignia called “Diverzantia”, driving a white Lada and agreen Land Rover, looting and openly setting houses on fire. 38721023. Stig Marker Hansen, an ECMM monitor in Knin from June to September 1995and head of ECMM Knin from approximately 5 September to 23 September 1995, 3873testified that on 9 August 1995 at 2:30 p.m. in Biskupija ECMM saw five armed men incamouflage uniforms with badges featuring a skull insignia that indicated to the witnessthat they were from the “Diverzantia”, with a white Lada and a green Land Roverburning houses. 3874 According to a survey report created by Marker Hansen, at the timethe ECMM team saw them, they had set fire to around ten houses while approximately3867 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. 3.3868 P800 (Søren Liborius, witness statement, 11 November 1997), p. 4; P801 (Søren Liborius, witnessstatement, 12 October 2005), p. 4; Søren Liborius, T. 8271-8272; P807 (ECMM Knin daily report, 9August 1995), p. 1; P810 (ECMM list of villages with level of destruction, 22 August 1995), p. 1; P815(ECMM report by Liborius, 26 August 1995), p. 5; D741 (Diary of Liborius), p. 9.3869 P815 (ECMM report by Liborius, 26 August 1995), p. 5.3870 P812 (ECMM Knin daily report, 23 August 1995), p. 2.3871 P931 (Eric Hendriks, witness statement, 4 April 2008), para. 3; D820 (Eric Hendriks, witnessstatement, 18 April 1996), pp. 1-2; Eric Hendriks, T. 9734-9735, 9755-9756.3872 P931 (Eric Hendriks, witness statement, 4 April 2008), para. 21; D820 (Eric Hendriks, witnessstatement, 18 April 1996), p. 5; Eric Hendriks, T. 9675; P933 (ECMM daily report, 9 August 1995), p. 1.3873 P1283 (Stig Marker Hansen, witness statement, 18 December 1995) p. 2; P1284 (Stig Marker Hansen,witness statement, 22 August 1997), p. 2; P1285 (Stig Marker Hansen, witness statement, 24 April 2008),para. 3.3874 Stig Marker Hansen, T. 15082-15083; P1290 (Survey report by Marker Hansen, 20 September 1995),p. 6; P2150 (ECMM daily report, 9 August 1995), pp. 1-2.531Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `