Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

386231310. Peter Marti, an UNMO and later a member of HRAT in Sector South from 19June to 27 November 1995, 5110 testified that on 4 August 1995, he was in a house inPodkonje, just south of Knin, where he and four other UNMOs were staying at the time,when at about 4-5 a.m., they heard the sound of shells striking into Knin. 5111 From theiraccommodation in Podkonje, Marti did not have a direct view of Knin and could not seeexactly what was hit because there was a hill in between, although he could see smokerising from Knin and the surrounding villages. 5112 Shells fell some 2-3 kilometres fromthe house Marti was in. 5113 Marti then went into a basement of a nearby house withother civilians of the village, and testified that while the shelling in the early morningwas intense, throughout the day, he estimates that about 4-6 shells per hour werefired. 51141311. Alain Forand, UNCRO Sector South Commander from 8 July 1995 to 10October 1995, 5115 testified that at 5 a.m. on 4 August 1995 heavy barrages started ontowns and villages throughout Sector South and that there was heavy shelling and localattacks in the zone of separation. 5116 Forand immediately went to the balcony on thethird floor of the UN compound from where he observed the shelling of Knin togetherwith other officers, seeing puffs of smoke all over town. 5117 Forand stayed on thebalcony for about ten minutes. 5118 He did not observe any adjusted fire during thistime. 5119 The shelling remained intense for approximately one or more hours, thencontinued intermittently throughout the day, and stopped completely at midnight on 45110 P415 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 13 February 1996), pp. 1-2; P416 (Peter Marti, witnessstatement, 29 June 1997), pp. 1, 6; P417 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 14 December 2007), paras 1, 5,9, 17.5111 P415 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 13 February 1996); p. 1; P416 (Peter Marti, witness statement,29 June 1997), p. 3; P417 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 14 December 2007), para. 32; Peter Marti, T.4632, 4671-4672.5112 P416 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 29 June 1997), p. 3; P417 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 14December 2007), para. 32; Peter Marti, T. 4632-4634, 4672.5113 P417 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 14 December 2007), para. 32; P416 (Peter Marti, witnessstatement, 29 June 1997), p. 3; Peter Marti, T. 4632-4634.5114 P417 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 14 December 2007), para. 34.5115 P330 (Alain Forand, witness statement, 20 August 1996), pp. 2, 15; P333 (Alain Forand, witnessstatement, 25 January 2008), para. 2; Alain Forand, T. 4098-4099, 4180, 4186.5116 P330 (Alain Forand, witness statement, 20 August 1996), p. 4; P331 (Alain Forand, witnessstatement, 29 September 1997), p. 12; Alain Forand, T. 4114; P340 (UNCRO Sector South updatesituation report, 10:20 a.m., 4 August 1995), pp. 2-3; P341 (UNCRO Sector South update situation report,1 p.m., 4 August 1995), p. 1; P399 (Video and transcript of an interview with Alain Forand), p. 1; P400(Press statement, 12 October 1995), p. 1; P401 (Presentation by Alain Forand, 24 June 1996), p. 21; D346(Alain Forand’s interview in Globus newspaper, 12 March 2004), p. 1.5117 P333 (Alain Forand, witness statement, 25 January 2008), para. 5; Alain Forand, T. 4114, 4116, 4433,4458; D346 (Alain Forand’s interview in Globus newspaper, 12 March 2004), p. 5.5118 P333 (Alain Forand, witness statement, 25 January 2008), para. 5; Alain Forand, T. 4115-4116.5119 Alain Forand, T. 4116.692Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `