Bombing of a Refugee Column
on the Prizren Suva Reka Road
13 May 1999
Refugee Convoy, civilian casualties a drastic example
On 13 May 1999, at 11.50 p.m., on the Prizren Suva Reka primary road, at the intersection near the village of Koriša, Prizren Municipality, NATO warplanes bombed a column of 500-600 ethnic Albanian refugees who were returning to their homes in the village of Koriša. In this attack 48 people lost their lives, mostly children, women and the elederly, while at least 60 people sustained severe injuries.