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Humanitarian Law Centerkilled and Commander and his assistant were seriously injured becausethey drove a car over an antitank mine. The point is that we spent over ayear at the territory of Kosovo and, regardless of the casualties we had, wewere trying to create an image of a professional unit that obeys the law andprotects citizens regardless of their national or religious background, andthen a unit with such people came and in only one act destroyed and tarnishedour efforts and work and killed innocent children, women, and elderlypeople.I was a Platoon Leader in the regular SAJ unit and I am responsible only formy Platoon and not for the “Scorpions” unit.On that occasion, when I spoke to the members of the “Scorpions” unitwho were located in the house where these people were killed, I mainlyspoke to the people in the right part of the circle, who were the closest tothe scene of the crime. There were maybe 10 of them, while there were approximately30 of them located in this house.Some 2 minutes passed from the moment I heard the shooting to the momentI ran into these people from the “Scorpions” unit, were located in thishouse. However, I did not enter the yard until Dr. Marković arrived and hearrived some 2 minutes later.Our quick reaction was the reflection of our procedure of action. We weretrained that whenever we hear shooting from certain place and we havesome activities, we must react over the radio immediately and head to thatplace. It is the same for the Doctor.The “Scorpions” unit was immediately taken back because of what theydid.As far as I can remember, Belgrade PJP unit and some other units, I cannotremember their names, were in Podujevo that day besides our regularSAJ unit. I know that because I was in the Headquarters that morning andI saw Company Commanders that I knew and who were Commanders ofdiverse units.44