YUGOSLAVIA NATO AIRSTRIKES DAMAGE 3

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(28 May 1999) Serbo-Croat/Nat • • NATO has bombed a residential area in the southern Serbian town of Aleksinac, killing two people and wounding four. • • The bombed neighbourhood lies in ruins. • • Belgrade is also still struggling with electricity cuts as NATO continues to target power stations in the Yugoslavian capital. • • Two people were killed and four wounded when NATO bombed a residential area in the southern Serbian town of Aleksinac early on Friday morning. • • The attack left a number of houses in ruin. • • Residents recounted their near escapes, hiding in the basements of friends and residents. • • SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat) • We have managed to escape the worst. We went up to the house foundation and we found a shelter there. Ten seconds were decisive. Everything was destroyed. • SUPER CAPTION: Dobrila Zivkovic, Bombing victim • • While some residents gazed in horror, others began to clear away the dust and see what they could salvage. • • Work began immediately to restore some homes. • • One survivor said his grandmother had survived the bombing, although her house was destroyed. • • He said his grandmother's neighbour had not been so lucky. • • SOUNDBITE: (English) • We saw these two houses ripped apart. One was totally destroyed. They knew one man was in the house. They pulled him out this morning. In the other house there was a lot of people in the basement and they pulled two that were dead instantly and the others were driven to the hospital. • SUPER CAPTION: Milos Nedeljkovic, Bombing victim • • Rescue workers dragged the dead from the rubble shortly after the bombing. • • Four of the injured were treated in a nearby clinic. • • Belgrade again struggled with power failures and a blackout on Thursday evening as NATO bombs heavily damaged a power station. • • The station in the western part of the city supplies power to one of the biggest hospital complexes in Belgrade. • • The general manager of Dragisa Misovic hospital, Dr. Radisav Scepanovic, said that hospital staff were trying to maintain patients as well as possible. • • An air attack had already seriously damaged the hospital seven days ago. • • The doctor said the hospital lost electricity for an entire day, and they had not expected to need a generator for 24 hours without pause. • • Engineers restored power to parts of Belgrade by midnight on Thursday. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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