Luzane

In the 5-1-1999 NATO attack on a bridge in Luzane (20km / 12 miles from Pristina), around 1 p.m. the "Nis Express" bus from Nis to Pristina was hit. There were around 70 passengers on the bus. A missile hit the bus directly and split it in two. One half remained burning on the bridge an hour later and other half plunged into the valley. According to the last information at least 40 people were killed.

In second wave of the attack the ambulance vehicle was damaged and one medical doctor was seriously wounded in the head. One of the Luzane inhabitants, who eyewitnessed the attack, said the bus was filled with civilians, mostly old people and children and that he could hear them crying for help from the bus wreckage safter the attack. There are fears that death toll could rise.