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that there be further investigation into the deaths of Orlando and
O’Connor Brown.
EVIDENCE OF TWO ANONYMOUS SOLDIERS
9.101.
On 17 and 21 September 2015, the Commission received evidence
from two soldiers whose witness statements suggested that they were
eyewitnesses to extra-judicial killings by members of the JCF. In the interest of
the soldiers’ personal safety and the wider interest of national security, these
witnesses gave their evidence anonymously as Soldier #1 and Soldier #3
respectively.
Soldier #1
9.102.
Soldier #1 first gave an oral and handwritten statement of what he
observed on 24 May 2010. He was shown a copy of a written statement on
26 November 2014 and said he signed that statement on that date. His evidence
is that, on 24 May 2010, he was part of a convoy of JDF soldiers with
responsibilities as a member of an assault team of 2JR.
9.103.
When his team reached Industrial Terrace, they came under heavy
gunfire from criminal elements in bushes near Rasta City. They returned fire and
made slow progress to Tivoli High School. The entrance to Tivoli Gardens was
barricaded and the Engineer Regiment was summoned to breach a wall and
permit their access into the community. They entered and were assigned to
specific locations. Soldier #1 took up a position at the intersection of Dee Cee
Avenue and Chang Avenue. He and about two other soldiers secured the area.
9.104.
Then a group of police officers came and began searching houses.
These police officers wore balaclava masks. He said that, when they reached a
house about 15 metres from where he was, he heard the officers ask who was