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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable Doubtwas a door leading to the boutique. I remember telling him that they shouldall get out of the house. I do not remember that the witness was barefoot. Ialso remember him saying that up on the floor he had a paralysed sister. Itis not true that I pushed him with the gunstock as he described or that I hithim with the gunstock in the head. It is true that I pushed him with the gunstockon the head, but it did not happen in the moment the witness said. Ithappened later, but I want to say everything in order. I know that they allcame out of the house and stood on the right side of the door. There weresome bags. I think that nobody searched the bags. I do not know how manypersons there were exactly. I remember that I heard the noise in the neighbouringhouse. I think that somebody said there were people in this houseand one police officer said in Albanian that they should all leave the house. Ithink that I asked what to do with these people or somebody asked me andthen somebody said to let them go down the street. I think that in this momentI pushed the witness with the gunstock as he described. I know that hegot up and they went some 20 metres away from us, stopped, and looked atus. Then I fired a short burst of gunfire, maybe some ten bullets, in the air. Idid it because of the safety reasons so that these people would hurry not tosee that our platoon would move into this house. A group of people wentfurther down the street without turning back. After this, I went back insidethe house as I explained in the earlier main hearing.”The defendant asked a question and the witness said:“I spoke to Mrs. Nataša Kandić regarding this event and I did not speakabout it with anybody else. It is true that it happened on 30 or 31 Octoberlast year. During our talk, Mrs. Nataša Kandić asked me if I would testifyand I said yes. As an answer to the defendant’s question if somebody tooksome transparent bottle and put it under the nose, I may say yes, you didit. That happened in the moment when the line of people took off; the defendanttook a small bottle out of his left pocket and smelled it; and yes, itis true that after this he was becoming more aggressive. I did not feel thehits with the gunstock to the body, but later when doctors were treatingme, I took off my shirt and the upper part of my body was bruised. I hada feeling that the fluid in the bottle was colourless. I had no reason to saythat this man had strange eyes.”The presiding judge asked another question and the witness said:191