NATO bombing of Belgrade streets

NATO bombing of Belgrade streets
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Date	May 1, 1999 3:00 AM
Target	Unknown
Attack type	Missile attack
Injured	2
Perpetrator(s)	NATO

Main article: Targeting of civilian areas during Operation Allied Force

The bombing of Belgrade streets was a missile attack occurring on May 1, 1999 during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The attack was directed at the central Belgrade residential area in Vračar.

Damage

Homes on Vardarska Street were completely destroyed. According to eyewitnesses, a bomb landed in a space between two homes and two family members were injured and taken to an Emergency Medical Center. They recovered from their injuries and survived. The bomb made a two-meter-deep crater between the houses and destroyed the asphalt entry way, with the only thing remaining being a pillar with a street name sign on it.

Due to the powerful detonation, a white Yugo passenger car was thrown onto the ruins of the house - a pile of rafters, roof tiles and bricks. The missile exploded near the street water pipe, causing a temporary flood in a part of the Vardarska street.^[1][2]

NATO claim

NATO states it targeted the headquarters of the army, special police and the Ministry of Defense builidng in Belgrade. Additionally, NATO admitted one missile hit a residential area but said they were not aware of the civilian casualties reported by the Yugoslav media.^[3]

References

1. ^ "U petak, dva sata posle ponoći, najžešći napad na Beograd". Glas javnosti. 1999-05-01. http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/srpski/arhiva-index.html. 
2. ^ Picture: (But not all missiles hit military targets. A residential street was blown up) and (Under rubble: Belgrade civilians count the cost) (BBC)
3. ^ [1] (BBC)

See also

Strategic Bombardment in the Kosovo War