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Humanitarian Law Centerswer certain questions if he would, by answering, expose himself or a closerelative to great shame, significant material damage, or criminal proceedings(Article 229 of the CPC). The witness gave the following answers tothe general questions:1. Full name SPASOJE VULEVIĆ “Vuki”2.Father’s nameMarko3.ProfessionSerbian MUP SAJ Police Officer4.Place of Residence Belgrade, 10/17Partisan Waters Street5.Place of birthPeć6.Date of birth 21 March 19717.Relation to the defendants or injured party: unrelatedAfter giving personal details, the witness gave the following statement regardingthe case itself:I was in Podujevo with my unit and I remember that one unit came toPodujevo on 28 March 1999; I think they were called the “Scorpions”. I wasgiven a task to settle the men from that unit in houses.I gathered their Platoon Leaders and we visited the facilities they were supposedto be located in; they understood what they were supposed to do;after that I went to my unit to have coffee.As soon as I sat down, I heard several long gunfire bursts and I headed immediatelyto the location I assumed the gunfire was coming from. As soonas I arrived to the first house in which around 30 “Scorpions” members,one Platoon, was supposed to be accommodated, I started yelling at thesoldiers who were present there because my senses were telling me thatthey messed up something. I was cussing, saying everything that came intomy mind, and then I headed, with Dr. Marković, into the yard through onegarage. There was a house in that yard and in the right corner of the yardwe spotted a pile of people. When we came closed we saw that childrenand women were lying on the pile. We saw that they were moving. So, Dr.Marković and I started providing first-aid immediately, first of all for chil-42