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9.113.
Soldier #3 then gave this evidence:
“The police officer took his rifle and fired several shots into
the caged area where there were detainees. He shot a
young man. At least one hit him in his head. He fell to the
ground. I saw blood coming from his head. The young man
was sitting with his hands bound behind him with a tie strap.
He was wearing a white Tee shirt, short pants and sneakers.
This was near Dee Cee and Chang Avenue. When he fired
the shot, the police officer was about 10 feet from the young
man and within touching distance of me.”
9.114.
Soldier #3 testified that another young man protested and another
policeman shot him in his upper body. The young man was sitting with his hand
tied behind his back.
9.115.
Soldier #3 spoke of a third man. He said:
“There was a young man sitting in the caged area and the
first policeman beckoned to him and the young man went to
him. He came out of the caged area and the officer took
him to a house across the road from Java. I heard several
explosions from the direction of the house where the
policeman had taken the man. The policeman returned
alone. I never saw the young man again.”
9.116.
Soldier #3 continued his testimony:
“We then came upon a house. A lady occupying the house
said she and her two sons occupied the house. The same
policeman who had shot into the caged area, held the boys
by their collars and took them to the back of the house. I
heard a voice saying: “You ah go shoot me?” And I heard
several explosions from behind the house. The officers
returned to the area laughing.”
9.117.
Soldier #3 stated that he and a colleague went behind the house to
investigate. He saw the two boys lying in a pool of blood and he said to his
colleague “Pure foolishness ah go on”. They left and went to Java. He saw the
lady go and look behind the house after the explosions. Soldier #3 said that the