Last bridged in Novi Sad destroyed

Belgrade, April 23, 1999 (Tanjug) - NATO criminals targeted the Radio-TV Serbia (RTS) building in the very heart of Belgrade at 02:06 a.m. local time Friday, the city emergency center confirmed in a statement to Tanjug.

NATO missiles hit the RTS building when a number of employees was doing their job. According to the first information, there are casualties and wounded. Civil defense crews are trying to rescue the victims.

Criminal NATO aircraft targeted and damaged the railway bridge on the Sava, at Osrtuznica, about 10 kilometers south-west of Belgrade, at 2:15 a.m. local time Friday.

Aggressor NATO aircraft attacked Belgrade again at 2:40 a.m. local time Friday, targeting civilian facilities in the Krnjaca suburb on the left bank of the Danube and villages at the base of Mt. Avala, south-east of the city.

Criminal NATO aircraft attacked the city of Uzice at 11 p.m. local time Thursday but the city was spared of immense damages thanks to the effective action of the Yugoslav air defense. However, one projectile hit the post office in the centre of the city, located between a medical centre, the National Theatre and housing facilities.

Cacak - April, 1999

Due to damages caused on the post office, many city residents were left without telephone links. Housing facilities, business offices and many shops suffered damages in the attack.

A strong explosion was heard south of the town of Kraljevo at 10:48 a.m. local time Thursday. The target of the criminal NATO air assault was the radio and TV transmitter on Mt. Kopaonik, according to the town emergency centre.

Another blast was heard in the town from the direction of Bogutovac twenty or so minutes later. The target of the second strike was a railway bridge in the Ibar Canyon.

The bridge over the Rasina was totally destroyed in aggressor NATO criminal attack on the town of Krusevac at 10:50 p.m. local time Thursday. The blast was so strong that damages were caused on the buildings in the village of Bivolja, on which glass on the windows was shattered.

Criminal NATO aircraft overflew the city of Nis late Thursday and early Friday and at around 2:20 a.m. local time Friday a strong explosion was heard in the northwestern part of the city.

Enemy NATO aircraft started overflying in waves the Voivodina capital of Novi Sad shortly before 2 a.m. local time Friday, to which the Yugoslav air defense intensively reacted. Several strong explosions were heard, but no official reports are available about the targets of the NATO criminals.