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38682constitute a sizeable reduction in the population. 4520 In his report of 12 August 1995,Leslie noted that 1,000 persons had fled Knin by the time of the attack. 4521 The TrialChamber has further considered evidence of Alun Roberts reviewed in chapter 4.5.3(Knin municipality) and Alain Forand reviewed in chapter 4.5.2.1231. Petar Pašić testified that he prepared a letter to the citizens of Serb ethnicity inKnin, which he sent to the HINA news agency and which was broadcast on Croatiantelevision and radio and on a Serbian news agency on 2 August 1995, telling the Serbsto renounce their dissident authorities and to acknowledge the Republic of Croatia astheir sole homeland. 4522 Pašić’s letter stated that Knin had been flooded with 35,000people and that in the preceding days, barriers had been erected around the townpreventing the population from leaving in light of the Krajina’s likely collapse. 45231232. Witness 54 testified that in the days before Operation Storm, he saw refugees inKnin coming from the villages of Strmica and Golubić in Knin municipality and othervillages just below Mount Dinara, who told the witness they were escaping the shellingof these villages. 4524 Hussein Al-Alfi, the UN Civil Affairs Coordinator, later renamedPolitical and Human Affairs Coordinator, for Sector South in Knin from June 1995 toJanuary 1996, 4525 testified that in early August 1995, the RSK declared a curfew byradio, forbidding residents from being outside before 6 a.m. 4526 On 4 August 1995,around 4:05 a.m., Al-Alfi was taken to the UN compound in Knin. 4527 He saw nocivilians on the streets of Knin at that time. 4528 The Trial Chamber has also consideredevidence of Witness 56 reviewed in chapter 4.5.2, and Witness 136 reviewed in chapter4.5.3 (Knin municipality).4520 Andrew Leslie, T. 1939; P84 (Report on possible violations of international humanitarian law, signedby Andrew Leslie, 12 August 1995), p. 2.4521 P84 (Report on possible violations of international humanitarian law, signed by Andrew Leslie, 12August 1995), p. 24522 D1706 (Petar Pašić, witness statement, 3 March 2002), pp. 2-3; Petar Pašić, T. 22778-22780; D1710(Petar Pašić, open letter to Serbian citizens in Knin, 2 August 1995); D1716 (Video clip of Croatian TVlate night broadcast of Pašić’s open letter, 2 August 1995).4523 D1710 (Petar Pašić, open letter to Serbian citizens in Knin, 2 August 1995); D1716 (Video clip ofCroatian TV late night broadcast of Pašić’s open letter, 2 August 1995).4524 P186 (Witness 54, witness statement, 2 July 1996), p. 2; Witness 54, T. 2780-2781, 2813-2814.4525 P1160 (Hussein Al-Alfi, witness statement, 5 March 1998), p. 5; Hussein Al-Alfi, T. 13805-13806,13932-13933.4526 P1160 (Hussein Al-Alfi, witness statement, 5 March 1998), p. 26; Hussein Al-Alfi, T.13879-13880.4527 P1160 (Hussein Al-Alfi, witness statement, 5 March 1998), pp. 26-27; Hussein Al-Alfi, T. 13807,13889.4528 P1160 (Hussein Al-Alfi, witness statement, 5 March 1998), p. 26; Hussein Al-Alfi, T. 13880.633Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `