NATO bombing of the Radio Television of Serbia headquarters

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NATO bombing of RTS
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Target(s)	Television station
Date	April 23, 1999 02:06 hrs (CET)
Attack type	Missile attack
Deaths	16
Injured	?
Instigator(s)	NATO
Conflict	Kosovo War

The NATO bombing of the Serb Radio and Television headquarters occurred on April 23, 1999, during the Kosovo War, when NATO destroyed the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) network in Belgrade. Sixteen employees of RTS died when a single NATO rocket hit the building in Belgrade. Many were trapped for days, only communicating over mobile phones. The television station went to air 24 hours later from a secret location. ^[1]^[2].

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Eternal Flame monument in Novi Beograd, dedicated to the civilian victims of NATO attacks

The bombing started controversy in Serbia, as it turned out that employees were not properly evacuated and that more than the minimum necessary people staffed the building at that time.

A new building has been built next to the bombed station while a monument was erected to all of those who have died in the attack.

The casualties of the bombing were: Tomislav Mitrovic, Ivana Stukalo, Slavisa Stevanovic, Ksenija Bankovic, Jelica Munitlak, Milovan Jankovic, Dragan Tasic, Aleksandar Deletic, Darko Stoimenovski, Nebojsa Stojanovic, Slobodan Jontic, Dejan Markovic, Milan Joksimovic, Branislav Jovanovic, Sinisa Medic, Dragorad Dragojevic