Koriša bombing
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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Koriša bombing
| image = Prizren 2006.PNG
| caption =
| location = Koriša, AP Kosovo, Yugoslavia
| target = Military Camp/Command Post
| date = 13 May 1999
| time = 11:30 P.M.
| timezone = UTC+1
| type = Air to ground missile attack
| fatalities = 87–100 civilians
| injuries = 60
| perps = {{flagdeco|NATO}} NATO
| motive = Destroy Yugoslavian military assets
}}
{{Campaignbox Kosovo War}}
{{main|Civilian casualties during Operation Allied Force}}
On 13 May 1999, NATO aircraft bombed the village of Koriša, Kosovo during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. At least 87 civilians were killed and 60 wounded. NATO officials claimed before and after the bombing that the bombing was on a legitimate military target.{{Cite web |title=Final Report to the Prosecutor by the Committee Established to Review the NATO Bombing Campaign Against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia {{!}} International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |url=https://www.icty.org/en/press/final-report-prosecutor-committee-established-review-nato-bombing-campaign-against-federal |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=www.icty.org}}{{cite book|last=Krieger|title=The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999|year=2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521800716|pages=352}}{{cite news| newspaper= Washington Post| url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/balkans/stories/korisa052199.htm| author= Steven Pearlstein| title= NATO Won't Release Korisa Evidence| date= 21 May 1999| accessdate= 8 April 2013}}{{cite news|last=Englund|title=Refugees call Korisa a setup|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1999/06/20/refugees-call-korisa-a-setup-serbs-locked-them-up-to-die-survivors-say/|accessdate=6 April 2024|newspaper=Baltimore Sun|date=20 June 1999}}
Aftermath
After the bombing, Serbian officials took TV crews to the scene and later Serbian television showed scenes of devastation, bodies burned beyond recognition and charred tractors scattered at the scene of the attack.{{cite news|title=NATO says target was military post|newspaper=Sunday Free Lance-Star|date=16 May 1999}} The Yugoslav government insisted that NATO had targeted civilians,{{cite news|title=Once Again, Nato Admits Accidental Bombing Of Civilians|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/05/16/once-again-nato-admits-accidental-bombing-of-civilians/|access-date=4 July 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=16 May 1999}} while Kosovo Albanian survivors claimed that they had been set up by Yugoslav authorities as human shields so that they would be killed by NATO bombs.
References
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External links
- [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9905/14/kosovo.03/ Yugoslavia says village death toll tops 100]
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Category:Aerial operations and battles of the Kosovo War
Category:Civilian casualties in the Kosovo War