Cluster bomb explosion in Nis

Nis, May 13th 1999. (Tanjug) - Twelve civilians were injured, of which three seriously, in the Wednesday attack of NATO warplanes on residential areas of Nis where the aggressor dropped ten cluster bombs, banned from use, Tanjug has learnt from informed sources.

The inflicted damage is extensive, and the fire brigade extinguished fires at ten locations in the city where a number of private houses and cars have been damaged.

The Wednesday attack on the Nis city zone targeted exclusively civilian, residential and even health facilities, as well as the northwest industrial part of the city where 12 missiles exploded causing extensive damage.