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38729Brigade. 4160 Hill later found out that he was the commander of the brigade “occupying”Knin. 4161 Hill stated that the commander told him that the interpreter was putting thestuff from his house in a car, that he was a “Chetnik”, and that he was going to killhim. 4162 He presented an SVK document to Hill stating that the man had been a memberof the SVK for about a year. 4163 After a tense stand-off, the commander agreed to allowthe interpreter to go back into the UN compound. 4164 Hill testified that because therewas a helipad at the UN compound, the commander was concerned that Serbs like theinterpreter would be allowed to leave the compound and he threatened to shoot downany helicopter leaving the UN compound. 4165 The Croat commander also told Hill thatany Serbs from the ages of 19-60 leaving the camp would be shot. 4166 Hill and the Croatcommander then agreed that the Croats could verify the helicopters leaving the UNcompound. 41671145. Alain Forand, UNCRO Sector South Commander from 8 July 1995 to 10October 1995, 4168 reported that around 8 p.m. on 8 August 1995, a local Serb interpreterwho was employed by the UN was slapped around and accused of being an SVK soldierand a war criminal by Croatian civilian police when he went to pick up his personalbelongings from his apartment in Knin. 41691146. The Trial Chamber finds that at approximately 8 p.m. on 8 August 1995, in Knin,persons referred to as soldiers entered the ransacked apartment of Predrag Šare, a SerbUNCRO interpreter, hit him hard in the face several times, pushed and punched him,pointed a rifle at him, and threatened to kill him. At the time, Šare was in Knin to visithis apartment and take his belongings. As Šare attempted to leave the apartment withAlun Roberts and a Civil Affairs Officer, he was punched in the back and threatened.Roberts and the Civil Affairs Officer refused to hand Šare over, entered a UN vehicleoutside the building and attempted to drive away with him. The persons referred to as4160 P292 (John Hill, witness statement, 21 January 1998), pp. 38-39, 48-49; John Hill, T. 3766, 3868.4161P292 (John Hill, witness statement, 21 January 1998), p. 39.4162P292 (John Hill, witness statement, 21 January 1998), pp. 39-40; John Hill, T. 3767; D274 (JohnHill’s diary, entries from 5-13 August 1995), p. 4.4163P292 (John Hill, witness statement, 21 January 1998), p. 39; John Hill, T. 3766-3767; D274 (JohnHill’s diary, entries from 5-13 August 1995), p. 4.4164 P292 (John Hill, witness statement, 21 January 1998), p. 39; John Hill, T. 3767.4165P292 (John Hill, witness statement, 21 January 1998), pp. 39-40.4166P292 (John Hill, witness statement, 21 January 1998), p. 40.4167P292 (John Hill, witness statement, 21 January 1998), pp. 39-40.4168 P330 (Alain Forand, witness statement, 20 August 1996), pp. 2, 15; P333 (Alain Forand, witnessstatement, 25 January 2008), para. 2; Alain Forand, T. 4098-4099, 4180, 4186.4169 P360 (UNCRO Sector South update situation report, 7:30 a.m., 9 August 1995), p. 1.586Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `