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Humanitarian Law Centeranswer certain questions if he would, by answering, expose himself or aclose relative to great shame, significant material damage, or criminal proceedings(Article 229 of the CPC). The witness gave the following answersto the general questions:Full nameDRAGAN MARKOVIĆFather’s nameVojislavProfessionDoctor, Serbian Ministry of InteriorSpecial Counter Terrorism Units,in BelgradePlace of ResidenceBelgrade, 56 Gandi’s Street,Apartment no. 32Place of birthPrištinaDate of birth 20 June 1963Relation to the defendants or injured party.After giving the personal details, the witness gave the following statementregarding the case itself:“I was a doctor, at the time, for the Republic Ministry of Interior Specialforces unit in Priština - SAJ, which was stationed in the Podujevo area, andI was stationed in the command post located in one of the houses in Podujevo.I remember that a commander of the newly attached reserve unit called theScorpions arrived on 28 March 1999. His name was Boca and that is howhe introduced himself when we met. He sat there with his assistants waitingfor further instructions. Stalević, the commander of the Priština specialforces unit, was there with us, as well. After some time, we heard one, atleast I think it was one, longer gunfire burst. We commented that somethingmust have happened because the shooting we heard was somewherenear. The shooting was somewhere near and after some five minutes theBelgrade Special Antiterrorism Unit (SAJ) Commander Simović called meon the radio to come near the municipal building because they needed myintervention.38