The bombing of RTS - 16 journalists killed

On 23 April 1999 at 2:06 in the morning, NATO missiles directly hit the building of Radio Television of Serbia on Takovska Street in Belgrade. The attack was carried out while a large number of employees were in the building.

Victims - journalists and technicians

16 people were killed in the attack - journalists, camera operators, technicians and other civilian staff:

• Aleksandar Delić, cameraman (30 years old)
• Darko Stoimenovski, engineer (28 years old)
• Nebojša Stojčić, cameraman (27 years old)
• Dejan Marković, technical operator (29 years old)
• Jelica Munićaba, editor (30 years old)
• Milan Joksimović, editor (47 years old)
• Dragorad Dragojević, technician (27 years old)
• Ksenija Bankovic, editor (28 years old)
• Sinisa Medić, technician (32 years old)
• Sladjan Spasojević, cameraman (25 years old)
• Slaviša Stevanović, security guard (29 years old)
• Ivan Stukalo, editor (34 years old)
• Tomislav Mitrović, doorman (61 years old)
• Branislav Jovanović, senior technician (50 years old)
• Dragan Tašić, technician (29 years old)
• Slobodan Jontic, editor (54 years old)

A legitimate target?

NATO claimed that RTS was a "legitimate military target" because it broadcast "propaganda". Amnesty International characterized the attack as a war crime - the deliberate killing of civilians.

Justice that never came

No one responsible for this crime was brought to justice. Serbia's lawsuit against the NATO countries was rejected in 2004.

Remembrance

At the site of the struck building, a memorial plaque with the names of those who perished stands today.