Lužane bus bombing
| NATO bombing of a bus near Lužane | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lluzhan near Podujevo |
| Date | May 1, 1999 |
| Target | Bridge |
Attack type | Missile attack |
| Deaths | 46 |
| Perpetrators | US Army |
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Kosovo War
Prelude
- Likošane and Ćirez
- Prekaz
Wartime events
- UNSCR 1160
- Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
- Lapušnik prison camp
- Belaćevac Mine
- Ljubenić mass graves
- Lođa
- 1st Albanian–Yugoslav border
- Klečka killings
- Orahovac
- Junik
- Lake Radonjić massacre
- Glodjane
- UNSCR 1199
- Gornje Obrinje massacre
- UNSCR 1203
- UNSCR 1207
- 2nd Albanian–Yugoslav border
- 3rd Albanian–Yugoslav border
- Panda Bar massacre
- Podujevo
- Ambush near Suva Reka
- Račak massacre
- Allied Force
- F-117A shoot-down
- Novi Sad blitz
- Bela Crkva massacre
- Krusha massacres
- Suva Reka massacre
- Izbica massacre
- Drenica massacres
- 4th Albanian-Yugoslav border
- Battle of Košare
- Battle of Paštrik
- Grdelica
- Gjakova
- Meja ambush
- RTS headquarters
- Meja
- Yugoslav Ministry of Defence
- Lužane bus bombing
- Varvarin bridge bombing
- Vushtrri massacre
- Niš cluster bombing
- Chinese embassy
- Koriša bombing
- Ćuška massacre
Aftermath
Aspects
- War crimes
- Mass graves: Batajnica mass graves, Rudnica mass grave, Ugljare mass grave, Mališevo mass grave
- Destruction of heritage (Albanian · Serbian)
The Lužane bus bombing occurred on May 1, 1999 during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, when NATO AGM-114 Hellfire missiles fired from AH-64 Apache targeted a bridge in Kosovo hit a bus. The bus was hit on the Lužane north of Pristina. On that day, 46 civilians of Serb and Albanian ethnicity were killed.[1][2][3][4] Among the victims were 14 children. One section plunged off the bridge into the river below.[5] Amnesty International believes that NATO did not always meet its legal obligation in selection targets of 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.
See also
- Grdelica train bombing
- Varvarin bridge bombing
- Koriša bombing
- NATO bombing of Albanian refugees near Gjakova
References
- ^ The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999, Heike Krieger
- ^ "Četrdeset dana rata". Archived from the original on 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ "Vesti". РТС.
- ^ "Vožnja Kroz Vreme". Archived from the original on July 4, 2012.
- ^ "Nato bomb hits bus". news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Murphy, Sean (2003). United States Practice in International Law. Cambridge University Press. p. 536.
