What the records say
- When
- 14 May 1999
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 42.26° N, 20.80° E
- Description
- 1999 airstrike
Koriša bombing
1999 airstrike
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.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бомбардировка колонны албанских беженцев вблизи деревни Кориша”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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