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Koriša bombing

Koriša bombing
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Location Koriša, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Date 14 May 1999
Target Unknown
Attack type
Missile attack
Deaths 87–100
Non-fatal injuries
60
Perpetrators NATO

On 14 May 1999, NATO aircraft bombed a column of Albanian refugees near Koriša. An operation during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, at least 87 were killed and 60 wounded.

After the bombing, Serbian officials took TV crews to the scene and later Serbian television showed scenes of devastation, bodies burned beyond recognition and charred tractors scattered at the scene of the attack. The Yugoslav government insisted that NATO had targeted civilians, while Kosovo Albanian survivors claimed that they had been set up by Yugoslav authorities so that they would be killed by NATO bombs. The incident occurred near Koriša, a town near the southern city of Prizren.


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