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On this day, April 5, 1999, NATO bombed the Serbian town of Aleksinac, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring over 50.
Seven missiles struck central streets, destroying 35 houses, 125 apartments, a bus station, and several businesses.
A crime that the West still refuses to acknowledge.
World Socialist Web SiteNATO bombs Serbian townNATO planes bombed the center of Aleksinac in southern Serbia early Tuesday, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring dozens more, some of them seriously. Missiles tore through high-rise apartment buildings and residences in the coal-mining town of some 20,000 people, 200 kilometers south of Belgrade. A correspondent for a private radio station reported that teams of firemen, soldiers and doctors were clearing the ruins and trying to help the victims. Serbian television reported that 10 buildings had been destroyed, including medical facilities. A doctor told a television reporter, "We are still trying to get out people from under the ruins. We don't know how many are injured or dead."