On May 1, 1999, a Niš-Ekspres bus taking passengers to Kosovo was hit by NATO missiles when it crossed a bridge in the village of Lužane near Podujevo.2 The number of casualties reported from the Niš-Ekspres bombing vary, with Human Rights Watch recording 39 civilians killed[1] whereas the Minister of Health Leposava Milićević reported that 47 civilians killed in the bus bombing had been identified.[16][27]