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Humanitarian Law Centerdren from the Bogujevci, Duriqi, and Llugaliu families were killed or murderedare also certain because they are confirmed in the statements givenby the eyewitnesses, the children who survived the execution, the SpecialCounterterrorism units Commanders who appeared at the scene immediatelyafter the event took place, the Doctor who provided first aid to thesurvivors, the witnesses who saw the Doctor, the injured, and the ambulance,the witnesses – injured parties Selatin Bogujevci, Safet Bogujevci,and Enver Duriqi, who testified about the way their family members wereexecuted – material evidence regarding their execution, exhumation ofbodies, identification, and burial.In the course of the probative procedure, it was certainly determined thatthe “Scorpions” members committed this crime. It is based on the statementsgiven by the Special Counterterrorism units’ members, Commandersand Officers, who were examined before the Court, but also on the factthat the “Scorpions” unit was sent back to the base camp immediately afterthis event took place.The Court made an undoubted conclusion that Cvjetan Saša participatedin the commission of this crime. The children, who survived the executionand testified before the Court, were called a day prior to their giving evidenceto identify the defendant in the Belgrade District Prison. The identificationprocess was carried out strictly in line with the Criminal Code provisions.Namely, five persons were lined in a special room and one of themwas the defendant. Lirrie Bogujevci, Jehona Bogujevci, and Fatos Bogujevcirecognized Saša Cvjetan as one of the police officers, who were in theyard when the execution happened. Some of them, however, did not seeif he was shooting and others did see him shooting. Besides this, a witnessstatement given by Goran Stoparić, one of the “Scorpions” members, inthe main hearing represents direct evidence that Cvjetan Saša participatedin the execution of civilians. Stoparić stated before the Court that afterhe heard the automatic gunfire, Dragan Medić, Saša Cvjetan, DraganBorojević, and Dejan Demirović came out of the yard where the civilianswere executed and they were changing the clips of their rifles while theywere walking, except for Dejan Demirović. For Demirović he said that hedid not see if he was changing the clip or not because he was the last onewho came out of this yard. Based in this relevant evidence, but also basedon Saša Cvjetan’s admission given in the interrogation before the Investi-356