United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade

When

7 May 1999

Kind

Military operation

Deaths

3

Coordinates

44.82° N, 20.42° E

Description

May 1999 bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade

Injured

21

1999 bombing of a diplomatic mission

On May 7, 1999, a United States Air Force B-2 Spirit, participating in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, dropped five Joint Direct Attack Munition satellite-guided bombs on the Embassy of China, Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia, killing three Chinese journalists and injuring twenty-seven others, known in China as the May 8 incident.

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