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A/461937 NATO Crimes in Yugoslavia Documentary Evidence 24 March - 24 April 1999 BELGRADE May 1999 Contents Page Preface Xlll BOMBING OF A REFUGEE COLUMN ON THE DJAKOVICA - PRIZREN ROAD, 14 APRIL 1999 Refugee convoy, civilian casualties - a drastic example 1 Dispatches of the Secretariat of the Interior in Djakovica 21-25 Report on the On-Site Forensic-Technical Investigation in Djakovica 26 Report of the Criminal Police Department in Prizren 32-35 Minutes of On-Site Investigation 36 Report on the On-Site Forensic-Technical Investigation in Prizren 37 Sketch of the Site 38 BOMBING OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSES IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES In Rozaje 39 In the Village of Grlic vi 39 In the Village of Nogovac , 39 In the Village of Samokovo 39 In Cacak 45 In Vranje 46 In Aleksinac 49 Investigation Report 56 Official Memos of the Secretariat of the Interior in Aleksinac 61-68 Transcripts from the Register of Deaths 69-76 Autopsy Reports 77-101 List of People Injured in the Bombing on 5/6 April 1999 102 Minutes of the Testimony of Witnesses 104-126 Expert Findings, 21 April 1999 127 In the Village of Dubinje 129 In Podgorica 130 In PriStina 130 In Cuprija 136 Investigation Report 138 In the Village of OseSenica 140 In the Village of Pricevidi 140 In the Village of Merdare 141 In the Village of Samaila 141 In the Village of Turekovac 141 -V- Page In Prijepolje 145 In the Village of Ljubi§te 146 Testimony of Witness Nrec Colaku 146 In the Village of Pavlovac 148 In Subotica * 151 In Batajnica 152 Report on Forensic-Technical On-Site Inspection 156 Investigation Report 158 Reports, 17 April 1999 159-160 Testimony of Witness Zarko Rakic 161 In Rakovica 164 In Ni§ 166 In the Village of Dolovi 169 In Djakovica 170 BOMBING OF MEDICAL FACILITIES 31 March 1999 Ra§ka District, Kraljevo 174 NiSava District, Ni§ 174 Jablanica District, Leskovac 174 Kosovo District, Priitina 174 The City of Belgrade 174 Kosovo-Pomoravlje District, Gnjilane 175 1 April 1999 Jablanica District, Leskovac 175 2 April 1999 Pec District, Pec 175 Kosovska Mitrovica District, Kosovska Mitrovica 175 4 April 1999 Raska District, Ra§ka 175 5 April 1999 Ni§ava District, Aleksinac 176 6 April 1999 Ni§ava District, Aleksinac 176 Nisava District, Ni§ 176 7 April 1999 Moravica District, Ca6ak 176 Jablanica District, Leskovac 176 Moravica District, 6a6ak 176 9 April 1999 NiSava District, Ni§ 176 Ni§ava District, Aleksinac 176 -VI- Page 14 April 1999 Zlatibor District, Cajetina 177 15 April 1999 Southern Banat District, Pancevo 177 Toplica District, Prokuplje 177 Pomoravlje District, (Suprija 177 The City of Belgrade 177 Moravica District, Cacak 177 16 April 1999 Toplica District, Prokuplje 177 19 April 1999 The City of Belgrade 178 Ni§ava District, Ni§ 178 Kolubara District, Valjevo 178 21 April 1999 Kolubara District, Valjevo 178 22 April 1999 Toplica District, Prokuplje 178 Moravica District, <5a6ak 178 Kolubara District, Valjevo 179 BOMBING OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES Belgrade, Cukarica Municipality 181 Belgrade, Rakovica Municipality 182 Belgrade, Vozdovac Municipality 183 Belgrade, Zemun Municipality 184 Belgrade, Savski Venae Municipality 185 Belgrade, Zvezdara Municipality 186 Belgrade, Palilula Municipality 186 Belgrade, Novi Beograd Municipality 186 Belgrade, Obrenovac Municipality 187 Belgrade, Sopot Municipality 187 Bor District, Bor 188 Jablanica District, Leskovac 188 Niiava District, Ni§ 191 NiSava District, Aleksinac 194 P6inja District, Vranje 195 P6inja District, Surdulica 196 PSinja District, Bujanovac 196 P6inja District, Vladifiin Han • 197 P6inja District, Pre§evo 197 -VII- Page Ra§ka District, Kraljevo 197 Ra§ka District, Ra§ka 198 Ra§ka District, Novi Pazar 199 Moravica District, CaSak 200 Moravica District, Lucani 200 Moravica District, Ivanjica 201 Rasina District, Kru§evac 201 Rasina District, Trstenik 201 BraniSevo District, PoSarevac 202 Danubian District, Smederevo 202 Sumadija District, Kragujevac 203 Sumadija District, Knic 205 Kolubara District, Valjevo 205 Macva District, §abac 206 Pomoravlje District, Cuprija 206 Toplica District, Prokuplje „ 207 Toplica District, KurSumlija 208 ZajeSar District, Boljevac 208 Zlatibor District, Cajetina 209 Zlatibor District, Nova Varo§ 209 Zlatibor District, Kosjeric 209 South Backa District, Novi Sad 209 Western Backa District, Sombor 212 Western Ba6ka District, Kula 213 Southern Banat District, Pancevo 213 BOMBING OF CULTURAL MONUMENTS Belgrade 215 Zemun 217 Novi Sad 217 FruSka Gora Monasteries 220 Pancevo 221 Kragujevac 221 Kraljevo 222 KruSevac 222 Smederevo 223 Ni§ 223 Kopaonik 223 Brus 223 Kur§umlija 223 Prokuplje 224 Vranje 224 -VIII- Page Loznica 224 Ivanjica 224 Ovcar 225 Kablar 225 Uzice 225 Zve6an 226 Djakovica 226 PriStina 226 Pec 227 Klina 227 Locane 227 Prizren 227 Minutes of the Testimony of Witness Radislav Trkulja 229 BOMBING OF BRIDGES AND COMMUNICATIONS Airfield Golubovci 233 Varadin Bridge 233 Be§ka Bridge 233 Liberty Bridge in Novi Sad 233 Minutes of the Testimony of Witnesses Zeljko Colakovic and Zvonimir Breber 238-241 "25 May" Bridge near Baika Palanka 242 The Bridge near the Village of Jezgrovici 242 The Bridge in Biljanovac 242 The Railway Bridge in Novi Sad 242 The Bridge on the Ibar near Brvenik 242 The Bridge in Bogojevo 248 The Bridge near Lozno 250 Railway Tracks near Bogutovac 251 Kraljevo-Lapovo Railway Line 251 The Post Office in Pri§tina 253 PriStina Airport 255 The Bus Station in PriStina 256 The Railway Bridge and "Sarajevo" Bridge near Grdelica 257 Report on the On-Site Investigation, 12 April 1999 269 Official Memos of the Secretariat of the Interior in Leskovac 273-274 Expert Findings, 13 April 1999 275 Report on Forensic-Technical On-Site Inspection 277 Minutes of the Testimony of Witness Petar Mihajlovic 278 Autopsy Reports 280-296 Minutes of the Testimony of Witness Goran Mikic 297 Discharge Paper with Epicrisis 299 -IX- Page Minutes of the Testimony of Witnesses Milan Simonovic, Voja Stevanovic and Bora Kostic 300-306 List of Persons Killed on the Passenger Train on 12 April 1999 307 List of Persons Injured on the Passenger Train on 12 April 1999 308 Minutes of the Testimony of Witnesses Vladimir Nikolic and Miroljub Cakic 309-312 Efendi's Bridge near Pono§evac 313 The Bridge in Biljanovac 313 The Railway Bridge near Lake Limsko 313 The Bridge near Pepeljevac 313 The Bridge on the Morava near the Village of Jasika 313 The Smederevo-Kovin Bridge 313 The Post Office in Uiice 319 Ostruznica Railway Bridge 320 BOMBING OF RELAYS AND REPEATERS On Gucevo , 323 Crveni Cot on Mt. Fru§ka Gora 324 On Crni Vrh 325 Tornik and Cigota 326 Jastrebac 329 On Gazimestan 331 In the Village of Prilike near Ivanjica 332 Tornik (15 April 1999) 332 On Mt. Jagodnja 333 On Ovcar near Ca6ak 333 On Mt. Cer 333 "U§ce" Business Center 336 Serbian Radio and Television (RTS) 343 List of Employees of Radio and Television of Serbia Who Died in NATO Aggression Against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 349 List of Injured Employees of Radio and Television of Serbia Admitted to the Emergency Clinical Hospital 350 BOMBING OF ECONOMIC FACILITIES Lola Utva Factory in Pancevo 353 PIK Mladost and Kosmet Prevoz Transport Enterprise in Gnjilane 355 Sloboda Factory in 6acak 355 Heating Plant in Belgrade 357 Minutes of the Testimony of Witness Radmila TriSic 363 Minutes of the On-Site Investigation, 4 April 1999 365 Report of the Secretariat of the Interior Belgrade, 4 April 1999 366 Report on the Criminal/Technical On-Site Investigation 367 -X- Tobacco Industry (DIN) in Ni§ 368 Milan Blagojevic Chemical Plants in Lucani 369 Crvena Zastava Ltd in Kragujevac 371 Agricultural-Industrial Complex (PIK) PeSter, Dubinje near Sjenica 378 Plantation in UroSevac 379 The Village of Rznic 379 Plastika Plastic Material Factory and Magistrate Road Maintenance Enterprise in PriStina 379 Kru§ik Holding Corporation in Valjevo 380 14. oktobar Factory in KruSevac 384 Facilities in Rakovica 384 Facilities in Kragujevac 384 Facilities in Ni§ 384 Prva Iskra Holding in Bari6 384 BOMBING OF OIL AND OIL PRODUCT STORAGE DEPOTS In Bogutovac (4, 8 April 1999) 387, 399 In Pan£evo (4,12 April 1999) 387, 404 Report on the Bombing of the Chemical Industry in Pancevo During NATO Aggression on the FR of Yugoslavia 390 In Smederevo (4, 9,13 April 1999) 393, 399, 404 In Pristina (5 April 1999) 393 In Novi Sad (5, 7,12,16-18 April 1999) 393, 396, 401,406 In Mala KruSa (6 April 1999) 393 In Devet Jugovica (6 April 1999) 393 In Conoplja (4-8,12 April 1999) 394, 403 BOMBING OF SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND HOTELS Tornik 411 Hotel BaciSte on Mt. Kopaonik 414 Ra§ka 417 -XI-.