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Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

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38545on this evidence and the finding above on when artillery projectiles fell on Gračac, theTri<strong>al</strong> Chamber finds that som<strong>et</strong>ime b<strong>et</strong>ween 5 a.m. on 4 August and the evening of thesame day, one or more artillery projectiles struck this house. Based on map D1900, theTri<strong>al</strong> Chamber finds that this house was located in western Gračac, and was not in oneof the locations the Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber has identified above as having been impacted byartillery. The evidence does not establish what use, if any, was made of the house.However, based on maps D1900, P88, D135 and (for sc<strong>al</strong>e) D439, the Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamberfinds that it was located at a distance of approximately 300 m<strong>et</strong>res from the railwaystation (marked F on P88) and a mill (marked A on D135).1459. According to evidence from Steenbergen, by 6 August 1995 there were b<strong>et</strong>weenten and twenty craters around the intersection marked “D” on maps P537 and D439. Inthis regard, the Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber <strong>al</strong>so notes that this was one of three intersections inGračac that were marked by Rajčić as planned targ<strong>et</strong>s on map P2329. Based on thisevidence, and its finding above on when artillery projectiles fell on Gračac, the Tri<strong>al</strong>Chamber finds that som<strong>et</strong>ime b<strong>et</strong>ween 5 a.m. on 4 August 1995 and the evening of thesame day, b<strong>et</strong>ween ten and twenty artillery projectiles landed on and around intersection“D”. The Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber notes the evidence of Hill that on 10 August 1995 he sawartillery holes in the fields leading into Gračac. Based on photographs P523 and P524taken by Steenbergen, which show holes in the fields around intersection “D”, and mapP307, which shows the route taken by Hill into Gračac, the holes seen by Hill werelikely the same as those seen by Steenbergen in the fields surrounding intersection “D”.The Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber further notes UNMO report P111 stating that artillery impacts werelocated around a main junction in Gračac, and the evidence of Steenbergen, Vurnek,Cvrk and Herman that by 6 August 1995 there were craters or similar shelling-relateddamage on sever<strong>al</strong> roads and two or more intersections in Gračac. Based on thisevidence, the Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber finds that by 6 August 1995, artillery projectiles had strucksever<strong>al</strong> roads and intersections, including intersection “D”, in Gračac.1460. The Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber further finds, based on evidence from Cvrk and its findingabove on when artillery projectiles fell on Gračac, that ‘the enemy command building’,which the Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber understands to refer to the command post of the GračacBrigade, and the police station were hit by artillery on 4 August 1995.1461. The Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber notes the evidence of Steenbergen that after 5 a.m. on 4August 1995, shells fell close to the houses of other UNMO team members, which were770Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

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