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38607of 22 individu<strong>al</strong>s who appeared to have been killed where they lay. 5264 They includedthree military people but were mostly civilians. 5265 In Forand’s view, the shelling ofKnin on 4 and 5 August 1995 was indiscriminate and directed against the civilianpopulation to create mass panic. 52661337. Joseph Bellerose testified that on 5 August 1995 the shelling of Knin started atabout 5:15 a.m. and that it was intense for about one hour and then became sporadic, ata rate of approximately a shell every ten to fifteen minutes. 5267 He testified that shellswere landing <strong>al</strong>l over town “in a random fashion and at random interv<strong>al</strong>s”. 5268 Bellerosedid not see shells hitting what he considered to be military targ<strong>et</strong>s in Knin, namely thenorth camp adjacent to the UN compound or the RSK north barracks or the RSKheadquarters. 5269 Bellerose thought that the shelling was intended to drive out thecivilian population out of Knin because it did not aim at or damage military targ<strong>et</strong>s. 5270The shelling stopped at 11 a.m. 52711338. Roland Dangerfield testified that on 5 August 1995 at 5:20 a.m., for about 30minutes, Knin was again shelled, starting with rock<strong>et</strong>s and followed by heavy artilleryfire. 5272 The intensity of the firing then decreased and at 10 a.m. increased again forabout 45 minutes with heavy artillery fire, after which Dangerfield primarily heard tankand sm<strong>al</strong>l arms fire. 52731339. Hussein Al-Alfi testified that on 5 August 1996, Knin was <strong>al</strong>so shelled and theradio station was hit, but the shelling was less intensive than it had been the previousday. 52745264 P330 (Alain Forand, witness statement, 20 August 1996), p. 7; P331 (Alain Forand, witnessstatement, 29 September 1997), p. 12; Alain Forand, T. 4099-4101, 4490; P399 (Video and transcript ofan interview with Alain Forand), p. 3.5265 P399 (Video and transcript of an interview with Alain Forand), p. 3.5266 P330 (Alain Forand, witness statement, 20 August 1996), p. 12; P331 (Alain Forand, witnessstatement, 29 September 1997), p. 9; Alain Forand, T. 4114, 4433, 4475; P341 (UNCRO Sector Southupdate situation report, 1 p.m., 4 August 1995), p. 1; D346 (Alain Forand’s interview in Globusnewspaper, 12 March 2004), p. 5.5267 P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 2 November 1999), p. 5; Joseph Bellerose, T. 5870.5268 P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 2 November 1999), p. 5; Joseph Bellerose, T. 5870-5871.5269 Joseph Bellerose, T. 5871-5872.5270 Joseph Bellerose, T. 5871-5872, 5934.5271 P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 2 November 1999), p. 5.5272 P695 (Roland Dangerfield, witness statement, 21 December 1995), para.33; Roland Dangerfield, T.7149; P699 (F<strong>al</strong>l of the Republic of Serb Krajina, authored by Roland Dangerfield), p. 4.5273 P695 (Roland Dangerfield, witness statement, 21 December 1995), para. 33; P699 (The F<strong>al</strong>l of theRepublic of Serb Krajina, authored by Roland Dangerfield, undated), p. 5.5274 Hussein Al-Alfi, T. 13808-13809.708Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

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