Contemporary era · 1999
United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
On May 7, 1999, a United States Air Force B-2 Spirit, participating in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, dropped five Joint Direct Attack Munition satellite-guided bombs on the Embassy of China, Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia, killing three Chinese journalists and injuring twenty-seven others, known in China as the May 8 incident.
- When
- 7 May 1999
- Where
- Belgrade
- Era
- Contemporary
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