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38632where he <strong>al</strong>so saw corpses with and without uniforms; he <strong>al</strong>so saw another shell f<strong>al</strong>lingnorth of the hospit<strong>al</strong>, and corpses in the area next to the Knin Gener<strong>al</strong> Supply. 5002 He didnot know how these people had died. 5003 On 4 August 1995, after the shelling on Kninhad begun, civilians from town were gathering outside the UN compound asking forshelter. Most of them were elderly and children. 5004 None of them were of fightingage. 5005 As there was no s<strong>et</strong> plan to de<strong>al</strong> with the refugees the witness volunteered todraw up a plan to give them shelter. Bellerose built a compound within the UNcompound to accommodate the civilians seeking shelter there. 5006 Late in the evening,civilians began entering the UN compound and continued doing that throughout thenight. 5007 Bellerose stated that he did not see outgoing fire from Knin on 4 and 5 August1995. 5008 He rec<strong>al</strong>led that the Serbs had fired a rock<strong>et</strong> propelled grenade into the UNcompound on 4 August 1995 from a Serb observation post that overlooked thecompound. 50091301. Alain Gilbert, posted in Knin from 28 June 1995 as UNCRO Gener<strong>al</strong> AlainForand’s military aide-de-camp, 5010 testified that at around 4 a.m. on 4 August 1995, thewitness tog<strong>et</strong>her with Alain Forand headed to the UN compound in Knin. 5011 H<strong>et</strong>estified that upon his arriv<strong>al</strong>, he conducted a tour of the camp, and during this time, thefirst shells fell on Knin. 5012 From approximately 5:02 a.m., the record of the firstshelling in his contemporary notebook, until around noon, and again later in theafternoon, Gilbert observed the shelling from his office window facing Knin,approximately ten m<strong>et</strong>res from a b<strong>al</strong>cony which according to the witness had the sameview of Knin, on the top floor of the UN headquarters building. 5013 He testified that the5001 Joseph Bellerose, T. 5867.5002 Joseph Bellerose, T. 5868-5870, 5919; P547 (Aeri<strong>al</strong> photograph of Knin, marked by JosephBellerose), railway tracks marked C, area adjacent to road to Medesevac marked A, area north of thehospit<strong>al</strong> marked B.5003 Joseph Bellerose, T. 5920.5004 P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 2 November 1999), p. 4.5005 P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 2 November 1999), pp. 4-5.5006 P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 2 November 1999), p. 4.5007 P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 2 November 1999), pp. 4-5.5008 P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 2 November 1999), p. 6; Joseph Bellerose, T. 5870.5009 P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 2 November 1999), p. 6.5010 P589 (Alain Gilbert, witness statement, 5 February 2008), p. 1, para. 1; Alain Gilbert, T. 6401, 6485-6486; P590 (Two photographs of UN compound in Knin with Alain Gilbert’s office marked in red, 5February 1995); P593 (Article in a military magazine authored by Alain Gilbert, 7 August 1995), pp. 1-2.5011 P589 (Alain Gilbert, witness statement, 5 February 2008), para. 4; Alain Gilbert, T. 64285012 P589 (Alain Gilbert, witness statement, 5 February 2008), para. 5; Alain Gilbert, T. 6432-6433.5013 P589 (Alain Gilbert, witness statement, 5 February 2008), paras 5-7, 8; Alain Gilbert, T. 6406-6411,6432-6434, 6458; P594 (Photograph taken from 3rd floor b<strong>al</strong>cony of UN camp in Knin); P595683Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

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