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Humanitarian Law Centerwith him in a cafe or a restaurant. I knew Rajko Olujić, the commander of aplatoon of the Scorpions, from elementary school. I associated with themin Novi Sad from time to time.On 24 March 1999, NATO forces began the bombardment of the FederalRepublic of Yugoslavia. On 24 March I was sitting in a cafe with Medić andthe Scorpions platoon commanders. The Scorpions, as special operationsunit, upon request by the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,were supposed to start fighting against NATO forces and terrorists formationsoperating on the territory of the Republic of Serbia.Medić invited me and I joined the Scorpions as, until then, I had not beena member of this unit, and on 26 March I went to Petefi Šandor Street inNovi Sad. It was night; I can’t say exactly what time it was. I saw two busesand many people. I knew some of them. Some of them I had never seenbefore.We stayed there for a very short time as we were ordered to enter the busesand, by bus, we were transported to Belgrade, to the Makiš forest where, atthe militia stadium, we were issued Scorpions uniforms. Let me say that thisSpecial Antiterrorist Unit, at that moment, belonged to the Ministry of theInterior of the Republic of Serbia as Special Antiterrorist Unit. The Scorpionshad once been part of Special Antiterrorist Unit and this time they were officiallyengaged. The bombardment was in full swing and I sent word to myfamily telling them I was going on an assignment. Nobody knew where wewere going, what our destination was although, in view of the fact that inKosovo there was fighting both against NATO forces and against KLA terrorists,we surmised we would be sent to Kosovo. Our two buses, under policeescort, took us to Prolom Banja. We were billeted in the Radon hotel,early in the morning, as we had been travelling all night. All this was happeningon 27 March. Rajko Olujić, who was a platoon commander, as ofthat moment was my commander as I was assigned to his platoon. Becausewe knew each other earlier we shared a room. On 27 March, that is, on thevery same day when we arrived in Prolom Banja, we were issued arms, automaticrifles 7.62 mm which were oiled and each one of us was given 5cartridges, each containing 30 rounds, that is, 150 rounds each, althoughwhoever wanted it, could have taken more.264