OVERVIEW OF CIVILIAN DESTRUCTION 26. apr. (fwd)

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	FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
	FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
	DIRECTORATE FOR INFORMATION



YUGOSLAV DAILY SURVEY
	
BELGRADE, 26 April 1999 	 No. 2273 
 

	OVERVIEW OF CIVILIAN DESTRUCTION IN THE TERRITORY OF THE FR OF YUGOSLAVIA
	 AS A CONSEQUENCE OF BARBARIC AND CRIMINAL NATO AGGRESSION (26 APRIL 1999)




	All three days of the summit of NATO, commemorating its 50th anniversary
and determining its global totalitarian concept for the 21st century, its
"celestial four horsemen of Apocalypse" have spent "working" - by
ruthlessly and systematically destroying, without exception, civilian targets.
	Criminal determination with which they systematically destroyed "Zezelj"
bridge in Novi Sad, speaks of a pathological strategy NATO that all that
has been linked in this country by human or material ties, making a whole,
should be disunited by force and fragmented and make the component parts of
the whole unbearable for life of ordinary people. It also covers the
breaking up of all ties of our country with abroad.
	One of the "principles" of NATO for the 21st century surely relates to
putting limits on information and knowledge and uniformity on all issues
that NATO "decides". It is still not known for sure what is the number of
victims killed in the RTS building which defied that "principle". It is,
however, known, that NATO "arguments" against such defiance are ruthless
and cold-blooded planned destruction of anyone who dares to be disobedient
- from now on.
	Killing by missiles and bombs - children, women, the elderly - while
cruelly and cynically justifying these acts - NATO criminals call them
"collateral damage". However, the destruction of civilian material assets,
pollution of soil, water, air and genocidal acts against our people these
criminals call "legitimate military goals".







	 N O V I   S A D
	Aggressor planes destroyed Zezelj bridge some time after 1.15 a.m.,
hitting it with several missiles in a row leaving Novi Sad without its last
bridge which linked it with the Srem bank of the Danube.
	In the past two weeks of the aggression, Zezelj's bridge was bombed four
times, including the attack of last night and 15 missiles were fired on it.
	During past several days, although heavily damaged, the bridge was used by
pedestrians to cross from Novi Sad to Petrovaradin.
	Zezelj's bridge, 466 metres longs was being built from 1957-1961 and was
officially opened for traffic on the anniversary of the liberation of Novi
Sad - 23 October. Branko Zezelj was its architect and the works were
carried out by "Mostogradnja".
	International railway was crossing over the bridge, linking Belgrade with
Budapest and further with Europe.
	According to expert opinions, Zezelj's bridge was considered an
architectural masterpiece and a solid bridge whose major construction was
made of reinforced concrete.
	So far there is no information whether the aggressor attacked any other
target in the capital of Vojvodina, in whose north-eastern part several
powerful blasts were heard.
	

	B E L G R A D E
	From the ruins of RTS building, which was destroyed in a barbaric NATO
attack on 23 April, so far the bodies of 6 workers were pulled out. At the
time of the perfidious attack, all six persons were engaged in broadcasting
the programme. Unfortunately, this tragic outcome is not final, because the
fate of another ten employees also working at the time of the bombing raid,
is still uncertain.
	Among those killed are: Milovan Jankovic (1940) mechanic, Jelica Muntilak
(1971) make-up artist, Dragan Tasic (1968) technician, Dejan Markovic
(1959) security, Slobodan Jontic (1945) set decorator and Milan Joksimovic
(1952) security officer.
	VJ experts, police and civilian defence continue to work through the
debris of the RTS building.
	Out of 18 wounded workers of the RTS, four are kept in the hospital and
are not in a life-threatening situation.

	P R I S T I N A
	NATO airplanes fired 8 missiles on areas to the south-west and north-east
of Pristina. Shortly before midnight, NATO aggressors hit with six missiles
civilian airport Slatina, to the south-west of Pristina.
	Two hostile missiles fired at 2.18 a.m. fell on the area of Pristina
outing space of Grmija, to the north-east of the capital of the Serb
southern province.
	In the explosion of two days ago, of NATO missiles which fell at 3.00 p.m.
in the village of Velika Dobranja, in the municipality of Lipljan, a
six-year old Arta Lugic was killed, while her brothers - eight-year only
Egzon and Neron and a seven-year old sister Arijeta Lugic, were severely
wounded.
	Wounded children are placed in Surgical ward of a Pristina hospital. Egzon
and Neron underwent surgery. Arijeta's condition is closely monitored and
will probably have to be operated too.
	Light injuries were sustained by Gentijana and Arif Lugic who are
currently at home.
	The children's father, Sacir Lugic, waiting for the information on the
health condition of his wounded children, said:
	" We were at our home in the centre of the village, the children were
playing in the yard when we heard a powerful blast. We did not know if it
was NATO plane that fell down or a bomb. Children are not guilty at all",
he said.

	V A LJ E V O
	Aggressor NATO planes last night attacked at 1.41 a.m.  the area of
village Pricevic, some 20 km south-west of Valjevo. According to
preliminary information, the target of the attack was "Jugopetrol"
warehouse which was attacked on 17 April last time.
	This is the eighth attack on village Pricevic since the beginning of the
aggression by NATO forces on 24 March. In the past attack on that area some
20 missiles have been fired.


	C A C A K
	From the Crisis Headquarters in Lucane, it was confirmed that in the
attack of last night, the fourth one, 12 missiles were fired on factory
"Milan Blagojevic" and 18 farms have been demolished.
	Great civilian damage was inflicted in the town of Lucani and villages
Lucani and Lisice.

	N I S
	NATO criminals last night fired 16 high destructive power missiles. Great
material damaged was caused to the town and population. The consequences of
destruction are particularly high in one of the oldest quarter of Nis,
Jagodin mala and centre of the town. 
	Many private homes were damaged, some of which have been made inhabitable.
the residents of Cegarska, Skadarska and the street of Ratko Pavlovic were
affected most. Students' home and "Nicauto" enterprise were affected most.

	K U R S U M L I J A
	NATO criminals did not even spare the Serb holy places when they bombed
bridges in the Kursumlija outskirts of Kastrat.
	Powerful blasts of criminal missiles damaged medieval monasteries of Holy
Mother and St. Nicholas, one of the first memorial churches of the Serb
prince Stefan Nemanja, in today's Kursumlija and the then Bele Crkve,  one
of the first capitals. Monastery of St. Nicholas was the seat of Episcopy
of Toplica.
	During NATO bombing of production line of metal industry "Metalac", which
manufactures mostly agricultural machines, also damaged were the temple of
the Holy Trinity in the immediate vicinity of that enterprise, as well as a
parochial home. In the wake of powerful blasts glasses and windows broke. 

	H E R C E G  N O V I
	Yesterday afternoon at 4.44 p.m. a powerful detonation disturbed the
residents of Boka Kotorska. Official information are not in yet, but since
the powerful blast was heard first and then the sound of a leaving plane,
it is assumed that the plane broke the sound barrier.
	The powerful detonation was heard by the residents of Herceg Novi, Kotor
and Tivat.
	The same provocation was made by an aggressor plane on Thursday.

	I N D J I J A
	Yesterday at 2.42 p.m. in the region of eastern Srem, in the area of
Slankamen, a powerful detonation  from an aggressor missile was heard. The
glasses on the near-by civilian facilities broke.

	S O M B O R
	Several powerful blasts were heard last night around 1.30 a.m. to the
south-west of Sombor.