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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable DoubtIDENTIFICATION RECORDComposed in the Belgrade District Court on 8 July 2003 in the criminal proceedingsled against defendant SAŠA CVJETAN because of the criminal actof war crime against the civilian population pursuant to Article 142 Paragraph1 of the Republic of Serbia Criminal Code (RS CC) upon the BelgradeDistricts Prosecution’s indictment Kt. number 25/99 filed on 5 April 2002.Deputy Public Prosecutor Ružica Janić, the defendant’s defence counsellorsore Kalanj and Goran Rodić, the injured parties’ representative NatašaKandić, attorneys Teki Bokshi and Dragoljub Todorović, court interpretersMario Rosini for English and Serbian languages and Ervin Mazniku for thetranslation Albanian - Serbian and English - Albanian, as well as the injuredparties’ guardian, a citizen of England, Mrs. Rose Penn, attended the identificationprocess.Bogujevci Fatos, a 16-year-old boy, came for the identification process andhe stated that he would like 10 in Albanian. Therefore, it is noted that hewould give the statement in the presence of the Court’s Interpreters, whowould provide translations from Albanian into Serbian, English into Serbian,and Albanian into English.He also stated that he was aware of the reason he was summoned and hewants to give his evidence. He added that he was 12 or 13 years-old at thetime of this event. Further on, as an answer to the presiding judge’s question,he said,“In this event I was shot in the both legs from an automatic weapon. I cannotremember, i.e. I cannot identify the person who shot at him 11 because Idid not see him. I am certain that two persons were shooting and there is apossibility that several of them were shooting. I think there were more peoplewho were shooting, some five or six persons. There were a lot of peoplearound the place where this happened, but I saw around six or seven10 Probably – ‘to speak’11 Probably – ‘at me’117