Lužane bus bombing

NATO bombing of a bus near Lužane
LocationLužane near Podujevo
DateMay 1, 1999
TargetBridge
Attack type
Missile attack
Deaths46
PerpetratorsUS Army

The Lužane bus bombing occurred on May 1, 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, when NATO AGM-114 Hellfire missiles fired from an AH-64 Apache targeted a bridge in Kosovo and hit a bus. The bus was hit on the bridge at Lužane (near Podujevo) north of Pristina. 46 civilians of Serb and Albanian ethnicity were killed.[1][2][3][4] Among the victims were 14 children. The bus was cut in two, one section plunged off the bridge and the other remained burning on the bridge for over an hour. An ambulance attending the scene was hit in a second Nato strike. [5] Amnesty International believes that NATO did not always meet its legal obligation in selecting targets to attack, one of which includes bombing of this bridge in Lužane, where NATO forces failed to suspend the attack after it was evident that they had struck the civilians.[6] The bus (Niš-Ekspres) was on a regular express service, linking Pristina and Niš.

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References

  1. ↑ The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999, Heike Krieger
  2. ↑ "Četrdeset dana rata". Archived from the original on 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  3. ↑ "Vesti". РТС.
  4. ↑ "Vožnja Kroz Vreme". Archived from the original on July 4, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Nato bomb hits bus". news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ Murphy, Sean (2003). United States Practice in International Law. Cambridge University Press. p. 536.

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