Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

38731On visits to Knin on 8 August 1995, Serb interpreters reported to Roberts that they hadbeen intimidated. 4143 Roberts testified that on 8 August 1995, he visited Knin with aCivil Affairs Officer and Šare to see the condition of their apartments, and had stoppedat Šare’s apartment, which had been ransacked. 4144 While Šare was inside the apartmentand as Roberts and the Civil Affairs Officer were leaving Šare’s apartment block,Croatian soldiers approached Roberts and the Civil Affairs Officer and challenged themin a threatening manner, asking them why they were there. 4145 The soldiers then enteredthe building, with Roberts and the Civil Affairs Officer following them, and the soldierslocated Šare’s apartment and confirmed his identity by looking at his UN ID card. 4146Roberts observed that the soldiers immediately began hitting and slapping Šare severaltimes hard in the face, pushing and punching him, pointing a rifle at him, andthreatening to use it. 4147 As Roberts and the Civil Affairs Officer attempted to escortŠare out of the apartment via the stairs, Šare was punched in the back andthreatened. 4148 The soldiers demanded that Šare be handed over by Roberts and the CivilAffairs Officer, who refused, and took Šare with them as they entered a UN vehicleoutside the building. 4149 When they attempted to drive away, one soldier shot in the airover the vehicle and then shot the right front tire. 4150 More soldiers appeared and they24 November 1994); D706 (Letter of the Security Department of the SVK’s General Staff, 20 November1994).4143 P702 (Report from Alun Roberts to UN Chief Spokesperson Phillip Arnold on looting, 9 August1995), para. 8.4144 P677 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 28 February 2007), p. 7; P680 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 1 July 2008), para. 6; Alun Roberts, T. 7050-7051; P702 (Report from Alun Roberts to UNChief Spokesperson Phillip Arnold on looting, 9 August 1995), para. 8.4145 P677 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 28 February 2007), p. 7; P680 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 1 July 2008), para. 6; Alun Roberts, T. 7050-7051; P702 (Report from Alun Roberts to UNChief Spokesperson Phillip Arnold on looting, 9 August 1995), introduction, para. 9.4146P677 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 28 February 2007), p. 7; P680 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 1 July 2008), para. 6; Alun Roberts, T. 7050; P702 (Report from Alun Roberts to UN ChiefSpokesperson Phillip Arnold on looting, 9 August 1995), introduction, para. 9.4147P677 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 28 February 2007), p. 7; P680 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 1 July 2008), para. 6; P702 (Report from Alun Roberts to UN Chief Spokesperson PhillipArnold on looting, 9 August 1995), introduction, para. 9.4148 P677 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 28 February 2007), p. 7; P680 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 1 July 2008), para. 6; P702 (Report from Alun Roberts to UN Chief Spokesperson PhillipArnold on looting, 9 August 1995), introduction, para. 10.4149 P677 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 28 February 2007), p. 7; P680 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 1 July 2008), para. 6; P702 (Report from Alun Roberts to UN Chief Spokesperson PhillipArnold on looting, 9 August 1995), introduction, para. 11.4150P677 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 28 February 2007), p. 7; P680 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 1 July 2008), para. 6; P702 (Report from Alun Roberts to UN Chief Spokesperson PhillipArnold on looting, 9 August 1995), paras 11-12.584Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `