The Fourth Bombing of Aleksinac

On 19 May 1999, NATO bombed Aleksinac for the FOURTH time, a small town that had already been heavily hit.

Four attacks on the same town

Aleksinac was one of the most frequently bombed towns in Serbia:

• 27 March - first attack (5 victims)
• April - second attack
• May - third attack
• 19 May - fourth attack (8 victims)

Victims

8 civilians were killed:

• Milica Jovanović (67 years old)
• Dragan Petrović (55 years old)
• Gordana Nikolić (48 years old)
• Slobodan Marković (62 years old)
• Vera Đorđević (59 years old)
• Goran Simić (36 years old)
• Dragica Pavlović (71 years old)
• Nebojša Stanković (42 years old)

Abandoned town

Of the pre-war 18,000 residents, fewer than 3,000 remained in Aleksinac. The town was practically abandoned.