Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

38662the basement of the witness’s house. 4667 Later that morning, the witness and his relativestook shelter from the shelling in the basement of a hotel near the witness’s house, wherelater in the day about 100 people had gathered. 4668 According to the witness, theatmosphere in the hotel was one of panic and people were afraid for their safety. 4669Between about 5:30 a.m. and 7 a.m., the witness passed between his house and the hotelon several occasions. 4670 While passing from his own house to the hotel, the witnessobserved that the house of Šime Dujić, a Croat, which was on the same side of the roadas the hotel, and which had been hit by a shell, was on fire. 4671 The witness stated thathe tried several times to leave the hotel to retrieve his second car, but because shellswere falling continuously it was difficult to leave. 4672 The witness testified that houseson either side of the main road were shelled, but that no shells hit the main road itself, asfar as the witness could see. 4673 From the hotel, the witness saw smoke rising from thehouses of Jandre (Jašo) Prijić and ðoko Žegović, which were across the main streetfrom the hotel. 4674 He said that he later passed by these two houses and saw that theywere destroyed. 4675 The witness and his relatives stayed in the basement of the hoteluntil approximately 4 p.m., when the witness left by car with one of his relatives to gopick up other relatives from a house in the Kovačić area of Knin whom he brought backto the hotel for shelter from the shells. 4676 The witness stated that at this time theshelling was slightly less intense. 46771275. Witness 56 testified that at 5 a.m. on 4 August 1995, the witness was awoken bygrenade explosions and heard shell explosions. 4678 At that time, he lived in an apartment20 or 30 metres from the northern barracks and about 200 metres from the police4667 P186 (Witness 54, witness statement, 2 July 1996), pp. 2-4; Witness 54, T. 2834, 2840-2842.4668 P186 (Witness 54, witness statement, 2 July 1996), pp. 3-4; Witness 54, T. 2784, 2834-2835; P189(Photographs of Knin, marked by Witness 54), hotel marked A.4669 P187 (Witness 54, supplemental information sheet, 2 April 2007), para. 3.4670 P186 (Witness 54, witness statement, 2 July 1996), p. 3; Witness 54, T. 2834.4671 P186 (Witness 54, witness statement, 2 July 1996), p. 3; Witness 54, T. 2784-2785, 2837-2838; P189(Photographs of Knin, marked by Witness 54), one of two houses marked B.4672 P186 (Witness 54, witness statement, 2 July 1996), p. 4.4673 Witness 54, T. 2837, 2849.4674 P186 (Witness 54, witness statement, 2 July 1996), p. 4; Witness 54, T. 2784; P189 (Photographs ofKnin, marked by Witness 54), one of two houses marked B.4675 P186 (Witness 54, witness statement, 2 July 1996), p. 4.4676 P186 (Witness 54, witness statement, 2 July 1996), p. 4; Witness 54, T. 2840, 2842-2846, 2849, 2851.4677 P186 (Witness 54, witness statement, 2 July 1996), p. 4.4678 P286 (Witness 56, witness statement, 5 December 1996), p. 4.653Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `