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| SERBS REPORT 100 CIVILIANS KILLED | |
 May 14, 1999 
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The Serbian Ministry of Information is claiming more than 100 civilians were killed in an early morning NATO bombing of a village in southern Kosovo. -- Posted 3:30pm EDT |
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Although NATO has said it cannot confirm or deny the report, the Alliance has said it is investigating the claim. "Let me make the point that I always make. NATO does not target civilians," NATO spokesperson Jamie Shea said. "I am not going to speak on this incident till I have the facts,... but when I do have the full story, I will give it to you." Journalists bussed to the scene by Yugoslav authorities reported seeing dozens of badly burned bodies and 20 to 30 destroyed tractors. The Ministry claimed that eight cluster bombs hit the village of Korisa during a three-hour attack early Friday morning. According to the Serbs, 500 ethnic Albanian refugees headed towards the Albanian border had stopped in the village overnight when the attack occured. Yugoslav authorities say there are no military or police stations in the area, which is 40 miles southwest of the Kosovo capital, Pristina. If the Serbian claims are true, it would be the largest number of civilian casualities caused by Allied bombs since NATO began strikes nine weeks ago. According to the Associated Press, military sources reported Serb shelling in the area, suggesting the carnage may not have been caused by NATO. The attack came on one of the heaviest nights of bombing by NATO yet. "We attacked a very complete range of targets last night, including tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery pieces, a surface to air missile battery, several radar sites, troop staging areas and troops themselves," Shea said.
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