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.
| 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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References edit
- ^ 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.