During the evening and by the night between April 3 and 4, NATO aircraft attacked Beograd, Pančevo, Novi Sad, Kraljevo, Čačak, Smederevo, Bačka Palanka.

The NATO criminals with their two missiles destroyed the bridge ”Sloboda” (Freedom) in Novi Sad, that connects the town with Sremska Kamenica.

The bridge »Sloboda« was built in 1981 and it is one of the most sophisticated and most attractive bridges in the country and one of the most important infrastructure installations in the area. At the moment when NATO struck there were several vehicles on the bridge, some people riding bicycles and some pedestrians. The wounded citizens were taken into hospital. The certain number of victims is not confirmed yet. Bombing of the bridge caused great losses on surrounding buildings and among the others radio television Novi Sad building was damaged.

Water pipelines running along the bridge were damaged and for some time the town was left without water.

At approximately the same early evening hours another bridge on the Danube, linking Bačka Palanka and Ilok, called ”25. maj” (May 25) was also hit and damaged.

In Beograd civilian targets were bombed once again. NATO aviation with its two projectiles hit the central heating power plant in the residential area (Block 70a) in Novi Beograd that provides heating for approximately one million inhabitants of Novi Beograd and Zemun. Enormous fire blazed up and fuel explosions shattered the surrounding area for almost an hour. The watchman on his night duty was killed then.

The aggressor missiles hit a military facility at Topčider and the Police Academy building at Banjica. On that occasion the largest military hospital in the Balkans ”The Military Medical Academy” located next to the Police Academy, was also damaged.

Two people were killed and four workers were wounded in a NATO attack against the power and heating plant of the Pančevo refinery. Refinery will be out of work for a longer period of time.

Using about 70 airplanes, bombers and supporting aircraft NATO attacked Čačak. Once again the factory ”Sloboda”, producing home appliances, in Čačak was bombed. The plants producing electrical cookers and vacuum cleaners were hit, as well as the workers˘ residential area. On that occasion Mileva Kuveljić (aged 73) was killed. Some of the missiles missed their target and hit the surrounding residential area so that five houses were totally demolished and about one hundred were damaged. The nearby kindergarten was also damaged.

During the last night ”The Jugopetrol” installations in the industrial area of Smederevo were hit. Enormous fire blazed up but it was soon extinguished. There were great material losses.

In Bogutovac near Kraljevo ”The Beopetrol” fuel storage was bombed. Three destructive missiles caused powerful detonations and fire. The wounded ”Beopetrol” workers were medically treated. These NATO attacks completely destroyed ”The Beopetrol” buildings and installations at the storage as well as the fuel planned for the spring sowing season.

The NATO criminals made orgies on the Yugoslav sky last night, trying very hard to inflict as many damages and losses to our country as possible. They attacked Zemun, Beograd, Niš, Sombor, Priština, Raška, Kraljevo surroundings, Gnjilane, and Lučani.

In Zemun NATO attacked the Air Force Headquarters located in the very center of the town, next to the Faculty of Agriculture, the sports hall ”Pinki” and the department store. The building was completely burnt down and the detonation caused many serious damages in the Main Street in Zemun and the electricity was cut of.

For the third time NATO attacked a hospital – this time it was City Hospital at Zvezdara. Patients were taken care of and the conditions in the hospital are quite good. A quarry in Rakovica, next to the factory ”May 21st” and to the monastery was bombed. Two missiles were launched on Obrenovac. They also bombed the civilian airport in Surčin.

NATO criminals, people without any trace of humanity in themselves, attacked Niš with all their might. Twenty missiles were launched on military and industrial targets in the industrial area of Niš. The tobacco factory was hit, fermented tobacco storage was blown up and in that way enormous material losses were inflicted on the factory. During the bombings the nearby students˘ dormitory and dining hall were damaged. In the second air strike three missiles were launched on the very center of the town. The barracks ”Mija Stanimirović” were hit by four missiles and two bombs and the barracks ”Stevan Sinđelić” located in the centor of the town was hit by four bombs. The southern part of the military airport was bombed by three bombs. The material losses are enormous while the number of the victims is still unknown.

About midnight the municipality of Raška region was bombed by seven projectiles. The town of Raška was hit by five bombs and many family houses were damaged. Twelve citizens were injured. The bridge across the Ibar river along the main road Kraljevo – Raška was hit near Biljanovac.

The chemical plant ”Milan Blagojević” in Lučani was also hit.

During the evening the enemy NATO aircraft attacked Priština and Kosovo and Metohija. Once again they bombed the surrounding of the monastery Gračanica and the airfield ”Slatina”. Gnjilane was hit by six projectiles; a relay station and the bridge were hit. Stari Trg near Kosovska Mitrovica was bombed by six projectiles.

Sombor was bombed by three bombs; the NIS fuel terminal that is of absolutely no military significance was hit.