Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

386271305. Mikhail Ermolaev, Deputy Senior UN Military Observer of Sector South fromJuly 1995 to October 1995, 5060 testified that on 4 August 1995 at 5 a.m. he was in hishouse in Knin, situated near a school and the Knin army barracks, when he was wokenup by the sound of shelling. 5061 He and two others hid in the basement, and a shell hithis house. 5062 At approximately 7 a.m., during a pause in the shelling, a UN APC cameand took them to the UN compound in Knin. 5063 Ermolaev observed some, and heardmuch, shelling from his office, and stated that the RSK Ministry of Defence building inKnin was not seriously damaged. 50641306. Witness 136, a Serb field interpreter for UNCIVPOL and UNCRO, 5065 testifiedthat in the morning of 4 August 1995, heavy shelling followed by “terrible noise allaround,” began in Knin at 5 a.m. and lasted continuously until at least 3 p.m. 5066 Atabout 10 a.m. that day, a shell hit and destroyed a house near the apartment the witnesswas in. 5067 Around 1 p.m. the witness ran about 700 metres through the town in thedirection of the “south Barracks”. 5068 While running through Knin she saw damage tothe outpatient clinic, and damage to a civilian house close to the location where she wasusually picked up by the UNCIVPOL patrol for work. 5069 The witness got into a UNAPC outside the RSK headquarters and was dropped off at the UN compound inKnin. 5070 A report by UNMO headquarters of Sector South dated 4 August, 4:10 p.m.,recorded that from 3:15 p.m. the UN compound was blockaded by the SVK, who had5059 P1176 (Normand Boucher, witness statement, 20 February 1996), para. 5; P1177 (Normand Boucher,witness statement, 12 November 1999), para. 48.5060 P94 (Mikhail Ermolaev, witness statement, 14 May 2002), pp. 1-2; P95 (Mikhail Ermolaev, witnessstatement, 2 December 2007), p. 1; Mikhail Ermolaev, T. 2285, 2371.5061 P95 (Mikhail Ermolaev, witness statement, 2 December 2007), para. 8; Mikhail Ermolaev, T. 2294-2295, 2463; P96 (Photo of Knin on which Ermolaev marked his house and a school), house marked A,school marked B.5062 P94 (Mikhail Ermolaev, witness statement, 14 May 2002), p. 5; P95 (Mikhail Ermolaev, witnessstatement, 2 December 2007), para. 8.5063 P95 (Mikhail Ermolaev, witness statement, 2 December 2007), para. 8.5064 P95 (Mikhail Ermolaev, witness statement, 2 December 2007), paras 10-11; Mikhail Ermolaev, T.2466-2467.5065 P2 (Witness 136, witness statement, 4 July 1996), pp. 1-2; Witness 136, T. 620, 622, 641, 726, 765,768, 780-782.5066 P2 (Witness 136, witness statement, 4 July 1996), p. 2.5067 P3 (Witness 136, witness statement, 11 June 2007), para. 4.; Witness 136, T. 637-638; P4 (Map ofKnin marked by Witness 136), route marked in red.5068 P2 (Witness 136, witness statement, 4 July 1996), p. 2; P3 (Witness 136, witness statement, 11 June2007), paras 4-5; Witness 136, T. 639-640, 696; P4 (Map of Knin marked by Witness 136), “B” markingwhere shells fell.5069 Witness 136, T. 692-693, 696-697, 800; D2 (Aerial Map of Knin marked by Witness 136), number 6indicating location of outpatient clinic.5070 P2 (Witness 136, witness statement, 4 July 1996), pp. 2-3; Witness 136, T. 638-639, 789; P4 (Map ofKnin marked by Witness 136), “A” marking the location she was picked up by the APC.688Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `