Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

38634shell. 4979 The intensity of the shelling decreased after approximately 2 p.m., after that,sporadic shelling which the witness described as “harassment fire” continued into theevening. 4980 Williams described this sort of shelling as “single or groups of two or threeguns shelling different areas of town, including residential areas”. 4981 This “harassmentfire” was not directed at specific military targets but, according to the witness, directednear enough to houses that it would convince people that they should leave. 4982 Thewitness did not observe or hear of any outgoing artillery fire from Knin. The shelling ofKnin resulted in persons seeking refuge at the UN compound in Knin. According to thewitness, the persons were civilians, mainly elderly and very young, and they weremainly Serbs though there were also Croats from downtown Knin. 4983 They begangathering outside the main gate of the UN compound during the afternoon on 4 August1995, but were only let in at 11:20 p.m. 4984 Civilians entered the UN compound allnight. By the morning of 5 August 1995, 700 civilians were sheltering in the UNcompound. 49851299. Joseph Bellerose, the Sector Engineer for UNCRO Sector South, 4986 testifiedthat he was awakened at about 3:30-4 a.m. on 4 August 1995 when he heard on theradio that General Forand was arriving at the UN compound from his accommodation inKnin. At about 4:15 a.m. the sirens of the UN compound went off and Bellerose movedto one of the shelters in the compound with other people in the camp. 4987 At 5 a.m.heavy shelling of Knin began and continued for about one or two hours, after which itslowed down. Although he was hiding in a shelter, based on his military trainingBellerose recognized both artillery and rocket fire. 4988 He testified that from how it4979 P926 (Robert Williams, witness statement, 14 November 2007), para. 2; P927 (Robert Williams,supplemental information sheet, 23 September 2008), p. 2.4980 P925 (Robert Williams, witness statement, 22 August 1996), pp. 4-5; P927 (Robert Williams,supplemental information sheet, 23 September 2008), p. 1; Robert Williams, T. 9533-9534.4981 P925 (Robert Williams, witness statement, 22 August 1996), pp. 4-5; Robert Williams, T. 9533-9534.4982 P925 (Robert Williams, witness statement, 22 August 1996), p. 5; P926 (Robert Williams, witnessstatement, 14 November 2007), para. 3; P927 (Robert Williams, supplemental information sheet, 23September 2008), p. 1; Robert Williams, T. 9533-9534.4983 P925 (Robert Williams, witness statement, 22 August 1996), p. 5.4984 P924 (Robert Williams, witness statement, 5 November 1995), p. 2; P925 (Robert Williams, witnessstatement, 22 August 1996), p. 5; P924 (Robert Williams, witness statement, 5 November 1995), p. 2;P930 (Chronology of events in Sector South prepared by Robert Williams, 4-7 August 1995), p. 2.4985 P925 (Robert Williams, witness statement, 22 August 1996), p. 5.4986 P545 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 1 November 1995); P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witnessstatement, 2 November 1999), p. 2.4987 P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 2 November 1999), p. 3.4988 P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 2 November 1999), p. 3; Joseph Bellerose, T. 5865.681Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `