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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable Doubtdren.’ Gulja then said, ‘Shut up, Brka, I did it. So what?’ Then Brka shut up.Cekić was sitting behind me. He reacted really badly. He said he wanted togo back home immediately and he was mad because they called him afterall. There was no other topic, but this event, on the bus and during the followingten days we were in Prolom Banja. I heard from Borojević that heallegedly participated in this, but that he did not do it. Later on, he did notwant to talk about it. . Tomić mostly conducted his own private investigation.We, actually, all knew who did it. The names of Cvjetan, Demirović,Dragan Medić, and Borojević were being mentioned in Prolom Banja in relationto this event. Later on, the name of Borojević somehow disappearedand only these three names stayed.”The presiding judge asked an additional question and the witness answered:“In the moment the civilians came out of the yard and then went back insidethe yard, I did not hear shooting, except for one shot and I did not payattention to it because I did not know where it was coming from. After theshooting in the yard, the first shot that I heard was when I was already onthe bus. That was only one shot that sounded a bit rougher. After that shot,the driver took off because he was scared.When we returned to Prolom Banja the fuss and the argument culminatedwith the platoon leader’s speech after which a part of the people returnedthe uniform and weapons and desired to go home immediately becausethey did not want to stay with us any more. The reason was the murder ofchildren. The people who returned were mostly the ones who joined us later.It was mostly, but not exclusively, them. We all had civilian clothes so itwas not a problem to take the uniform off and return it.”When the witness’ statement given in the main hearing on 17 December2002 was presented to him, he said:“What I said during today’s session is the truth that I saw. I gave a differentstatement in the earlier main hearing because the defence attorney advisedme to do so. I was targeted. Now, I am considered a great traitor ofSerb people and it is normal that I am scared.”179