He said he was in hospital at the time the Croatian prisoners were executed, and only became territorial defence commander after Yugoslav forces, aided by Serbian paramilitary groups, took control of Vukovar.
On je rekao da je bio u bolnici u vreme kada su hrvatskih zarobljenici pogubljeni, te da je postao komandant teritorijalne odbrane nakon što su jugoslovenske snage, uz pomoć srpskih paravojnih formacija, preuzele kontrolu nad Vukovarom.