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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable Doubtthe information that 19 corpses were found, out of which three were listedby names, as well as information that one identification document wasfound. The photo documentation also contained the sketch of the scene. Iremember that on the photos I saw some corpses lying in the yard. In onephoto there was a corpse on the staircase. I had no ideas who were theperpetrators until they were arrested. I learned about their personal detailsfrom them, as well as about their membership in the police reserveunit also known as the Scorpions. My colleague Oparnica and I interrogatedthe suspects together and nobody else but us was present during theseinterrogations.We held individual interrogations of the defendants. They were long andthey were separated into two parts. The defendants’ statements were typedexactly the way they spoke and they were read to them before they signedthem. Actually, my colleague and I typed the statements and read them tothe defendants. These statements represented the resume of the interrogation.Neither my colleague nor I threatened the defendants. The interrogationswere long because we were talking about their engagement inthe unit, their deployment, and their arrest in Novi Sad. As for the events inPodujevo, the defendants made certain breaks and dropped some events,so we interrogated them again regarding these circumstances that theymissed the first time. I remind you that the information alleged in the criminalcomplaint is the information obtained from the interview with the defendants.I do not know exactly what was the name of the technician who went atthe scene, but I can find that information in my notes. That was InspectorAtanasijević Milan, an officer from Podujevo. I think he is in Kuršumlija now.We did not threat the defendants during the interrogation in any way.I know that the bullet cases were collected at the scene and they were in abag. I think they were 7.62 mm rounds for automatic rifle. I do not rememberhow many cases there were. They were also forwarded to the ProkupljeSecretariat of Interior, along with the lighter and the pistol. These are thepistol and the lighter that were confiscated from defendant Saša Cvjetan inthe Novi Sad Secretariat of Interior, as well as the personal search report.During the interrogation we were informing the Criminal Police Chief DraganIlić. My colleague and I made a criminal complaint and submitted it to109