THEFT
At
1230 hours on Friday the 5th of May 2006, the UNMIS Police Station
at Team Site No. 2 received a phone call from the house owner Mr. Daniel Klark
about a theft that took place at grid reference 437-258, house No. 200,
Bhattrania Community in the heart of the
Police
found that the key of all the three rooms on the first floor of the two-Storey
building were broken and all files, drawers and cabinets in the sitting and bedrooms were made apart with a pick which was left lying on the bed. The glasses
of the drawers were broken into tiny pieces. Altogether six ladies' bags and
three purses were made inside out and scattered around the bedroom. A
binocular, two sunglasses and one CD player were lying open at the left corner
of the bed. It was revealed that one Astra automatic 9mm pistol (along with one
magazine and 7 bullets), a gold bracelet, two gold chains, and one Ericson Mobile
set were stolen among many others from the bedroom cabinet. Police took fingerprints from the drawers, TV cabinet and made the incident report for legal purposes.
The police found that one of the rooms on the ground floor occupied by the
houseboy was also broken and the drawers and beds were totally dismantled. The
houseboy said that two silver bracelets and more than 900 dollars kept for
safety in the special earthen pot was stolen after breaking it. While all this
happened, the people in the neighborhood remain unaware of the incident.
However, a nine-year-lady named Mikasa residing next door to Mr. Clark was able
to describe the suspects as four young men. She could not utter any word for
help for the fear of the four men. One was muscular with long hair,
approximately 1.90 meters tall wearing 'David Backham' T-shirt; the second was
well built, with long hair, about 1.75 meters tall; third was tall, thin,
lanky, 1.95 meters tall and fourth was quite fat about 1.60 meters tall. The
tall muscular suspect was carrying a black pistol, two of them were carrying
long sharp knives and one the lanky one was carrying short iron rod in his
hand. They
were all wearing blue jeans and colorful wrist band in their hands.
Police
prepared the incident report, lifted the fingerprints, and took up photographs
and reported the incident to the Team site headquarters.
ROCKET
ATTACK
On Thursday 22 November 2006, at 1000 hours, three
deadly simultaneous rocket attacks were reported in the town of Darfur. The
attacks targeted Magnum Deluxe Theatre, Caspian Shopping Centre and
At 1030 hours, Three Operation Teams, Four Cordon
Teams and Two Back-up Units were mobilized under the command of Deputy Police
Commissioner Alexander Taylor. The three Operation Teams were deployed in the
three different scenes of incident with each team comprising of one Special
Bomb Squad, one platoon of FPU, one investigation unit, one Forensic Unit,
three Operation Support Units and four Ambulances with medical support. The
four cordon teams were deployed around the area, setting up checkpoints and roadblocks
in the area to keep strangers away. Operation Commander Taylor along with the
two back-up units from FPU, Nepal and FPU, Jordan was based at the Operation
Command Post in the UN Headquarters, and the two back-up units remained on high
alert to respond to any emergency assistance call and to supply additional
resources.
Operation Team, Oscar 1 was deployed in the Magnum
Deluxe Theatre, Operation Team, Oscar 2 was deployed in the 25-storied Caspian
Shopping Centre and Operation Team, Oscar 3 was deployed in
The government imposed a curfew on
At 1140 hours, Team Leader of Oscar 1 reported that
17 dead bodies and 21 wounded victims were removed from Magnum Deluxe Theatre
and were transported to
At 1230 hours, Team Leader of Oscar 3 reported that
15 dead bodies and 17 wounded victims were removed and transported to National
Care and
At 1320 hours, Team Leader of Oscar 2 reported that
one unexploded bomb was found in the rear compartment of a car parked near the
Shopping Center and was defused by the Special Bomb Squad. The scene was
secured and rescue operation was initiated.
At 1340 hours, Cordon Team in the North reported
that two suspicious persons were arrested along with a green Volkswagen car,
98-SD-879. 2 kgs of explosives were
recovered from under the back seat of the car.
At 1400 hours, Team Leader of Oscar 2 requested for
additional support and rescue equipment to gain entry inside the collapsed
structures as the 25-storied building had completely fallen and piled up one on
top of the other.
At 1410 hours a back-up team was activated along
with the required rescue equipment to assist Oscar 2.
At 1625 hours, Team Leader of Oscar 2 reported that
41 dead bodies and 75 wounded victims were extricated. The 41 dead bodies and
35 seriously wounded victims were transported to the National Care and
Sudan Liberation Movement Army (SLMA) is reportedly
responsible for the attack.
The operation is still continuing.
GUN-SHOTS
On
25th of May 2006, at about 10: 30 AM, loud explosion and sporadic
gunfire were heard from the direction of the PNTL Headquarters and lasted for
more than an hour. UNPOL Duenas who was inside the PNTL headquarters relayed
the information about the situation at PNTL headquarters by Radio to Mr. Malik.
Mr. Duenas informed Malik that PNTL officers suffered five casualties and were
ready for ceasefire but do not want to surrender.
At
Obrigado barracks, a team of UNPOL and MTA negotiated with General Matan Ruak
of the FDTL for the safe passage of Police Officers who were at the PNTL
Headquarters. Negotiation was agreed upon with one condition that PNTL Officers
should be disarmed. At 12:01 hrs Mr. Malik and Lt. Col. David Mann boarded
UNOTIL -5 driven by local staff driver and preceded to PNTL Headquarters
followed by some UNPOLS on other cars. There was no sound of shooting when Mr.
Malik and his colleagues arrived to the PNTL Headquarters. Along the way, there
were six (6) military personnel, three (3) on both side of the road, all in
complete uniform and in full battle gear with M-16 rifles in their hands,
positioned at the intersection near the Ministry of Justice Compound.
After
arriving to the PNTL Headquarters, Lt. Col. Mann organized the PNTL officers
for March-Off to Obrigado barracks while their firearms were being collected
and kept in one of the UNPOL car. Some of the PNTL officers were reluctant to
turn-in their weapons for the fear that the F-FDTL may fire upon them but were
convinced and eventually laid down their weapons.
While
PNTL were being formed on the road in front of the PNTL Headquarters, Lt.Col
David Mann with two other UNPOLs proceeded to the intersection at the Ministry
of Justice Compound where the six (6) F-FDTL were positioned and talked to
them. When the PNTL were organized in three (3) columns and were ready to
march-off, eight UN vehicles positioned themselves on either side of the road
sandwiching them while other UNPOLs marched along with. When they approached
the gate of the Ministry of Justice, one of the F-FDTL was seen uneasy and
agitated. The PNTL continued marching but in a hurried pace when they were
abreast with the soldiers on both side of the road. The uneasy and agitated
soldier seemed to recognize somebody from the columns, made big stride towards
the PNTL, fired one shot followed by three (3) succeeding automatic gunshots.
Soon, there was the sound of ear-breaking shots. Approximately, more than 50
rounds were heard being shot by the left side of the road. The PNTL officers
were falling down. There were screams and cries from the injured PNTL. The man
who initially fired the shot was between 30-35 years old; medium built and was
without headgear. Duenas shouted “CEASEFIRE” three times. When the bullet sound
stopped, there were many wounded PNTL crying for help on the road, some were
dead on the spot. Board of Inquiry (BOI) was established to investigate the
incident. The BOI interviewed UNPOL Jose Duenas in a process to figure out the
real actors behind the catastrophic incident.
‘GRIEVIOUS
BODILY HARM’
On Friday 17 November 2006, at 2145 hours, an
incident involving a grievious bodily harm was reported to Police Station # 3.
The caller who reported the case identified himself as Gustav Magbule,
35-year-old restaurateur. He stated that two persons were assaulted by four
young boys inside his restaurant named ‘Velocity’, situated in the downtown at
Terina Street No 14.
Immediately a patrol unit was dispatched to the
scene of the incident. On arriving at the scene of the incident at 2155 hrs,
the two police officers of patrol unit observed that the tables inside the
restaurant were messed up and there were pieces of broken glasses, an iron rod
and pool of blood on the floor. The restaurant owner stated that a group of
young boys were sitting and drinking beer from 19.00 hrs. At 21.15 hrs Roberto
Guerra and his friend Jose Cruz arrived and sat on the table next to those boys.
The boys were starting to make a lot of noise and were using abusive language.
After 10 minutes Roberto requested the boys to speak slowly but the shortest of
the boys hit him on his head with a beer bottle and he fainted. When Jose stood
up to stop the boys they started to beat him also. A boy wearing a blue
baseball cap took out an iron rod from his bag and struck on the head of
Roberto and they all fled. They left in two cars speeding towards Vernia, south
from the restaurant. The injured were taken to the city hospital, about 3
kilometers north from the restaurant.
The restaurant owner described the four boys as
young in their early twenties and they were all wearing jeans pants and
jackets. One was 185 cms tall, dark and heavily built, the second one was 180
cms tall, thin and was wearing a blue baseball cap, the third one was also 180
cms tall and stout and the fourth one was the shortest of the four 165 cms tall
and muscular built. The restaurant owner also described the two cars; one was a
black colored Opel Corsa with License Plate No 121-SD-152 and the second one
was a white colored Skoda Aura with License plate No 142-SD-555.
Shortly later at 22.05 hrs, investigation unit
arrived at the scene and collected the fragments of broken glass pieces, the
iron rod and blood sample for evidence. Police investigator asked the
restaurant owner to come to the police station to give his statement and left
the scene.
At 22.30 hrs., the patrol unit arrived at the city
hospital and found out that Jose Cruz had received three stitches above right
eyebrow and minor treatment for the bruises on his right cheek bone and temple,
whereas Roberto required emergency surgical treatment and was inside the
operation theatre. After some time, the attending doctor advised the police
officers that the operation was over, but the patient was still in a very
critical condition due to middle meningeal artery hemorrhage and was unconscious.
The doctor told them that he would telephone them at Police Station # 3, as
soon as the patient became conscious, and is able to have conversation.
MURDER AND ROBBERY - NARRATIVE
On
17th October 2006 at 18:25 hrs a local Timorese was gunned down
inside a local shop in Hera area, Dili District, at grid reference 453-765. The
victim was later identified as Alfredo Domingo, owner of the Timor Garments and
Handicraft Trading House. He was going with his family in his personal TATA
truck, registration number 117 TL 329, to his ancestral home located 16
kilometers North-East of Dili.
Alfredo
Domingo and two of his family members took a stop in Hera community and entered
a shop to have a cup of coffee and cigarettes. They stopped for about half an
hour. While they were having coffee, a gang of miscreants aged between 25 to 30
years numbering four arrived at about 18:20 hrs. with hues and cries at the shop
boarding a black taxi with registration 463 TL 861. They were all wearing blue
jeans and black sports shoes and were speaking in local Tetum language. The
first man was of average height, comparatively black, wearing white shirt and a
long handkerchief around his neck. The second was fat, sturdy and was wearing
blue jean jacket. He was holding a 9mm Glock pistol in his left hand. The third
one was wearing a maroon jacket and a broad-rimmed brown bamboo hat. He was
also holding a 9mm Glock pistol in his right hand and C-113 model Motorola
cellphone on the other hand. The fourth was thin, skinny and was stumbling in
a drunken gait. The two pulled their guns and asked Mr. Alfredo and the shopkeepers
to surrender all their money and valuables to them. The shopkeeper was panicked
and immediately opened his cash box and submitted to them still begging for
their mercy not to kill anybody of his family. Mr. Alfredo and his family tried
to resist the gangsters with Alfredo and his son Mr. Paolo’s recently learnt
martial art tactics. The duo labored hard to save their money and valuables.
When Mr. Paolo punched the man with his white shirt suspect at his face making
him to fall on the ground, the irate fat and sturdy man, in his fury, fired
three rounds of gunshots at Mr. Alfredo Domingo’s legs causing him to fall
down. The man in maroon jacket added two more shots in his stomach making him
completely collapse on the floor inside the shop. The sturdy man fired to Mr.
Paolo which went through his right thigh making a big bullet wound. They fired three (3) shots in the air and
warned all the people around not to report to police or otherwise they will
have the same fate as Mr. Alfredo had. Mr. Alfredo’s wife later described that
the miscreants took away 800 US Dollars and a gold bracelet. The shopkeepers
reported that they took more than 1000 US Dollars that he had in his cash box.
Immediately after the miscreants left the place, Mr. Lino Gusmao, the owner of
the shop, brought the injured father and son to the Dili National Hospital
driven by his red Corolla car with registration number 987-TL-274. Doctors at
the hospital declared Alfredo Domingo dead at 18: 45 hrs. A case was filed at local Police Station for
investigation. You will hear conversation between the witness, and the police
officer.
ARSON
At
2100 hours on Friday 15th September 2000 an Albanian male called
Mentor, who lives in Pristina, at Grid reference 136 247, heard a knock at the
front door of his house. When he opened it, he saw three masked men standing
there. One of these men grabbed hold of him, held a hunting knife to his
throat, and told Mentor, in Albanian, not to move or he would be killed. The
other two men then entered his house and started to destroy the living-room
furniture with a large hammer, which they had with them. The taller of the two
men was dressed in green combat clothing and a red ski mask, and the shorter
man was wearing blue trousers, a white jacket and a blue ski mask, all three
were speaking Serbian to each other. When the two men had finished breaking the
living-room furniture, they went upstairs and continued to destroy the
furniture there. Later the shorter man in the white jacket came down the stairs
and ran outside, returning shortly afterwards carrying a red plastic container.
He poured petrol from the container over the broken living-room furniture and
the tall man then set the furniture alight. The three men started to laugh and
the one holding Mentor told him, in Albanian, that it was time the Albanians
knew what it was like to have their homes destroyed. Mentor tried to break free but was pushed to the ground and kicked in the stomach a number of times.
The house was starting to fill with smoke, the tall man told him not to report
the incident or they would cut his throat. The three men then ran from the
house laughing. Mentor was able to crawl from the house into the street, where
he saw, about one hundred meters down the street, the three men standing under
a streetlight talking to another male person, who was giving them money. The
three men then got into a white Alfa Romeo driving off in the direction of the
hospital and the other person walked away towards the town center. The Fire
services arrived about five minutes later, by which time the house was well on
fire, with flames leaping through the roof. The only items of property, which
were saved from the house, were a clock and a satellite dish. Two UNMIK police
patrols attended the scene and assisted in keeping people away from the fire. A
Danish police officer took Mentor to the hospital in Pristina, for treatment to
his left hand, which he had burnt saving the clock from the house. Mentor was
requested to attend Police Station number one, Pristina, at 1200 hours the
following day, to be interviewed.
ARMED ROBBERY
At
0848 hours on Wednesday the 23rd of September 2000, UNMIK Police
Officers from Pristina police station
number 1 and units from KFOR responded to a coded alarm for a Bank Robbery in
progress at the First Union Bank, Pristina. On arrival at the Bank UNMIK Police
found a Bank employee and two cash security guards inside the building. They
interviewed the employee, who stated that he was the Head Cashier of the First
Union Bank and that he had started work early, about 0630 hours, because there
was to be a delivery of a large sum of money. At 0645 hours he saw the Armored
Cash Truck, stop outside the bank and the security guards from the truck were
opening the rear doors. A large black BMW stopped immediately behind the
armored truck and two armed men jumped from the BMW and pointed their weapons
at the guards. On seeing this the cashier attempted to call the police by
telephone, but the lines were busy. He was armed with a Glock 17 automatic
pistol, so he went to assist the guards. On leaving the bank he was confronted
by a third man who had a revolver. The cashier was shouted at, in Albanian, to
put his pistol down or he would be killed, so he dropped his pistol. Then he
and the two guards were taken into the bank, where the cashier was forced to
open one of the offices. The armed men then tied the three together with rope
and covered their mouths with yellow sticky tape, warning them not to try and escape. The armed
men then left the office locking it behind them. At 0845 hours the bank staff
came into work and found the cashier and guards locked in an office, so the
manager activated the alarm. The cashier was able to describe the suspects as
three young men. One was muscular, approximately 1.90 meters tall, the second man was well built
about 1.75 meters tall and the third was quite thin about 1.60 meters tall.
They all wore green military coveralls and had covered their faces with black
ski masks. The two tall suspects were carrying shotguns, and the third suspect
was carrying a black revolver. A total of four million five hundred thousand
German Marks, in various denominations, was taken from the Cash Truck. This
large sum of cash was being delivered to pay United Nations personnel.
ARMED ROBBERY
On
Monday 1 of May 2000 about 0140 hours an Albanian male went to the local UNMIK
Police Station and reported that an Armed Robbery had taken place at the Mini
Market near the Stadium. When the Police Patrol arrived at the Mini Market,
they found the Security Guard in an office, his hands were handcuffed behind
his back and his mouth had been covered with tape. When they released the
guard, he gave them the following information. He stated that he had been
employed as a Security Guard at the Mini Market since November 1999 and he was
responsible for the security of the building when it closed. On Sunday 30 April
he started work at 2100 hours, he checked the building and found the doors and
windows secure. After he had finished checking the building he went to his
office to complete some paperwork. He
was listening to the radio, when at 0015 hours he heard a noise in the Mini
Market. Before he could react, the office door opened and four males rushed in.
They were all about 20 years old and all wearing blue ski mask, one of them was
also wearing a red baseball hat. The one with the hat had an automatic pistol
of some kind, which he held in his right hand and one of the others had a
baseball bat, which he held in his left hand. The man with the gun pointed it
at the guard and shouted at him, in Serbian, to sit still or he would be
killed. Two of the males then gagged and bound him, the one with the baseball
bat stayed with him. The others went out of the office and he heard them taking
things out through the side door. About half an hour later the man with the gun
re-entered the office warning him again to be quiet, then all four left the
Mini Market through the side door. He believed the persons were Serbian as they
talked to each other and him only in Serbian.
He waited for sometime before trying to raise the alarm, he was
eventually heard by the guard of the store next door, who reported the incident
to the UNMIK police. This person also stated that at 0045 hours that night he
saw a dark colored Mercedes leaving the Mini Market car park, towards the
Airport. The Police and the guard carried out a check of the building, they
found a rear window had been forced open. The victim stated that 28 cases of
Whiskey and 53 boxes of cigarettes had been taken, however all the money was
still in the safe.
ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
At
1125 hours on Tuesday 2 May 2000 a Traffic Accident occurred at the main
roundabout in south Pristina, grid reference 129217, the vehicles involved were
a British Army Landrover and a black Nissan jeep. The circumstances to the
accident were as follows: the Landrover drove onto the roundabout from the
Northern entrance and the black Nissan jeep, which was already driving around
the roundabout, failed to give way to the Landrover, so a collision occurred
between the two vehicles. After the collision the Nissan jeep drove away from
the scene, towards Pristina Hospital. A witness at the scene was able to give a
description of the driver of the jeep as a young dark-haired female,
approximately 20 years of age, wearing a white blouse, who was alone in the car.
The witness also recorded the car's registration number 044 KS 141, on an
envelope she was carrying. A joint UNMIK and KPS police patrol arrived at the
scene fifteen minutes later, the UNMIK police officer was from Zimbabwe. It was
raining at the time of the accident; visibility was poor and the traffic on the
roundabout was heavy. The police took measurements of the road and retained
broken headlight glass and traces of black paint, found at the scene of the
accident. The military driver and his front seat passenger were not wearing
their seat belts at the time of the accident, and both received bruising to the
head and chest. They were taken to the British Military Hospital to receive
medical treatment. The damage to the
military vehicle was a badly dented front left side wing, the vehicle was towed
to the British Barracks in Pristina. The witness identified herself as an UN
civilian employee, working as a finance officer, in room 12, United Nations
Headquarters, Pristina.
SUICIDE
At
1230 hours on Tuesday 3 October 2000, an Albanian male called Besnik went to
the UNMIK Police Station Number 4, in Pristina. He stated that his uncle’s
Neighbour had telephoned him and said that he had heard a gunshot from the
uncle’s house.
An UNMIK Police unit was
sent to the address, at Grid reference 129326, arriving at the scene at 1240
hours, where they found elderly, male person lying on the kitchen floor. The
emergency medical services were called to the scene and Doctor Agim KRASNIQI
pronounced the male dead at 1315 hours, the man had died from one gunshot wound
to his head. The dead man was an Albanian about 45 years old, wearing a pair of
blue jeans and a grey jersey. Next to the body were an Astra automatic pistol,
and one empty 7.65 bullet case. A neighbor informed the Police Officers that he
had heard a gunshot from next door, at 1200 hours that day and then telephoned
Besnik. Both he and the nephew identified the body as Raji HARB. The Neighbour
also stated that he had been living next door to Raji for 20 years, and that
Raji had been suffering from tuberculosis. This disease had caused him a lot of
pain over the last year, and he had attempted to commit suicide twice before.
Also found at the scene, near the body, were a suicide note written on a
newspaper and a wedding ring.
The
last person to see Raji alive was his nephew. It was at 0730 hours that morning
when he saw his uncle cleaning his car. The body was taken to the mortuary in
Pristina hospital. Besnik was requested to attend the Police station at 1300
hours the following day for interview.
ROBBERY
At 2010 hours on Monday18
October 1999, in Pristina, a Serbian female stopped an UNMIK Police Patrol. She
was very upset, reporting that her house had been robbed. The patrol took her
back home, which was at grid reference 125 227.
At
the address the police officers spoke to the woman’s husband, a Serbian, who
owns a Jewelry shop, which is located in the same building. He stated that at
1930 hours he and his wife were eating in their kitchen when there was a knock
at the shop door. When he opened the door he was faced by three men. He
described these persons as all being about 25 years old, dressed in green
military type jacket and trousers, with their faces covered by dark masks. The
leader of the group held an AK 47 in his right hand, the other two were armed
with a revolver and a large knife. He also noticed a white Volkswagen car with
a female in the driver’s seat, parked in front of the shop, the car’s engine
was running. The leader of the group shouted at the owner in Albanian, forced
him back into the kitchen and demanded money from the shop safe. When the
victim refused, the man with the revolver hit him across the face knocking him
down to the ground. It was then that the power went off and the house was
thrown into darkness. The victim started to struggle with the suspects, and he
managed to take the revolver from one of the men. The suspects then ran from
the house through the rear door. The victim chased them out of the building and
saw the two with the rifle and the knife getting into the white Volkswagen,
which then drove off towards the city center.
The third suspect disappeared into the woods at the back of the house. Later
the police searched the woods and the jacket of the third suspect was found. In
the jacket was a driving license and a
photograph of a young girl. The revolver, jacket and the other items were seized
by the police for further examination. As
a result of his struggle with the three suspects the victim received a swollen
right eye and a cut to the head, which were later treated at Pristina hospital.
It was also revealed that the suspects had taken two gold rings and three
silver bracelets, with a total value of 1300 German Marks. The police advised
the victim that they would make a report and investigate the incident.
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF WEAPONS
At 1600 hours on Monday 26
March 2001, a German KFOR unit reported to the UNMIK Regional Headquarters in
PRIZREN City, that a large group of males were acting suspiciously in the area
of MANASTIRICA Village. This village is known to have a large concentration of
the ethnic group called ‘Gorans’ and these people have been the target of
several racist attacks during the last six months. Two UNMIK police patrols
from the local police station were sent to the area. A German KFOR patrol and a
German KFOR Helicopter supported them.
At
1615 hours the KFOR Helicopter reported seeing three men dressed in military
style coveralls, disappear into a forest at Grid reference 839650. A further
UNMIK police patrol was sent from PRIZREN to search the area, but this patrol
was unable to find the men. However, enquiries with a local farmer revealed
that he had seen the three men described walking along the road towards
PRIZREN. This information was passed to the UNMIK Regional Headquarters.
At
1625 hours the KFOR Helicopter directed the joint UNMIK police and KFOR patrol
to Grid reference 841648, where the helicopter crew had seen a group of 7 men
walking across the fields. At 1630 hours this group were stopped by the joint
patrol. When questioned these persons said that they were Albanian refugees,
running away from the conflict in Macedonia.
They were unable to show any identity documents, stating that the
Macedonian Police had taken their passports from them. These men were dressed
in different types of military clothing, and each carried a large rucksack. When
the 7 men realized that they were to be searched, they confronted any actions
by the police and the KFOR patrol. It was only after two warning shots, fired
by Sergeant Heinz MULLER, a patrol sergeant of the KFOR unit, that the search
was able to be carried out. The search uncovered 3 AK47 with 60 rounds of
ammunition, 25 hand grenades and 5 Chinese made military radios. In order to ensure that all these items were
safe to handle, the KFOR Bomb Clearing Unit was called, arriving at the scene
at 1715 hours. The items were retained by the Bomb Clearing Unit for further
examination, before being presented for forensic examination. The seven men
were arrested for unlawful possession of weapons and ammunition and removed
from the scene under escort. They were taken to PRIZREN, where the
investigative judge confirmed their arrest and detention.
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