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On [[14 July]] 1995, more prisoners from Bratunac were bussed northward to a school in the village of [[Pilica]], north of [[Zvornik]]. As at other detention facilities, there was no food or water and several men died in the school gym from heat and dehydration. The men were held at the Pilica school for two nights. On [[16 July]] 1995, following a now familiar pattern, the men were called out of the school and loaded onto buses with their hands tied behind their backs. They were then driven to the Branjevo Military Farm, where groups of 10 were lined up and shot.

[[Dražen Erdemović]] - who confessed killing at least 70 Bosniaks - was a member of the VRS 10th [[Sabotage]] Detachment (a Main Staff subordinate unit) and participated in the mass execution. Erdemović appeared as a Prosecutionprosecution witness and testified: "''The men in front of us were ordered to turn their backs. When those men turned their backs to us, we shot at them. We were given orders to shoot.''"

On this point, one of the survivors recalls: