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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable Doubtmorning. Then we continued the interrogation in the morning. We typedthe statements at the end of the interrogation, i.e. when it was over. Thestatements were typed individually. The time was noted in the detentionorder and that was in Prokuplje. We did not interrogate the defendantsin the elementary school building, but in the District Prison premises devotedto the administration. I do not know when defendants Cvjetan andDemirović were taken to the investigative judge.At that time it was impossible for us to identify the victims. As far as I remember,we submitted the criminal complaint for the corpses found inone yard. There were numerous corpses and one of them was lying on thestaircase. We based the criminal complaint on the documentation we had;we did not go at the scene. I have the report made in the Priština Secretariatof Interior and we were not able to get in touch with the doctor whodetermined the time range between the moment the death occurred andthe moment the corpses were examined. It is uncertain whether it was theemployee of the Priština Secretariat of Interior of the Institute of Forensics.In our work on this case, we used the sketches of the scene and the documentation.I do not know how could there be a difference in the number ofcorpses in this report and the investigative judge’s report. As of 1 July 1990,I have been working as an Inspector for Crime and Sexual Delinquency. Ihave never had in my whole career a case with so many victims. Except forthe documentation I have already mentioned, we interrogated the defendantsand we did not gather any other evidence.”As an answer to the defendant’s question, the witness said:“I did not speak with General Ilić and I do not remember whether or notOparnica spoke to Ilić and I do not believe he did. I do not remember thatOparnica told General Ilić over the phone, ‘General, he is tough’. It is nottrue that we threatened to execute the defendant, and it is not true that wetold him he would not see his family. As far as I can remember, wheneverwe drank coffee, the defendant drank it as well.”No further questions.The defendant raised objections regarding this witness’s testimony for thesame things he objected about the witness Oparnica’s testimony, adding111