ΔΕΝ ΞΕΧΝΩ: Niš cluster bombing - Royal Netherlands Air Force - 12 May 1999 during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
ΤΟ ΕΒΡΑΪΚΟ ΔΙΕΘΝΕΣ ΔΙΚΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΠΟΥ ΗΤΑΝ; ΕΠΙΝΕ ΑΙΜΑ;
The cluster bombings of Niš were events that occurred on 7 and 12 May 1999 during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The first bombing was a significant event involving civilian deaths and the use of cluster bombs during the NATO campaign in Yugoslavia.[4]
The first bombing
On 7 May 1999, between the time of 11:30 and 11:40, fighter jets of the Royal Netherlands Air Force dropped two containers of cluster bombs over Niš, directed at Niš Airport, located at the end of the city. The bombs impacted near the city center, which is at least 3km from the airport, their presumed target. The bombs were scattered from the two containers and were carried by the wind and then fell in three locations in the central part of the city:
The Pathology building next to the Medical Center of Niš in the south of the city,
Next to the building of "Banovina" including the main market, bus station next to the Niš Fortress and "12th February" Health Centre
Parking of "Niš Express" near the Nišava River.
A report from Human Rights Watch recorded 14 civilians deaths as a result of the attack, with another 28 injured.[1] Večernje novosti reported 16 civilian deaths.[2] Civilian deaths were high as the attack occurred in the middle of the day when civilians were congregating in the streets and at the market where the death toll was greatest.[5]
The second bombing
Monument to victims of the bombing of Niš
On 12 May 1999, the eastern part of the city was bombed with cluster bombs, resulting in 11 civilian injuries. Many of the injuries were amputations. This part of the city, Duvanište, is more than 7 km from the airport. The first victim of that bombing was killed in the year 2000, when an unexploded bomb detonated.[6]
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