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Ten years have passed since the attack on the “Nis Express” bus in little place Livadica near Podujevo.

On February 16, 2001 was commited a terrorist attack on the bus “Nis Express”, in this attack 10 Serbs died immediately, and over 40 were injured. After the attack, two more succumbed to injuries, so in this attack were killed 12 Serbs.

One of the main suspects was the Kosovo’s Albanian Florim Ejupi, after arrest by UNMIK police he escaped from military prison at the U.S. Camp Bondsteel, in the 2004th he was again arrested in Tirana, and in the 2009th was released due to “insufficient evidence” as stated by the authorities in Pristina.

Victims of terrorist attacks in Livadica were Serbs who went to All Souls in the direction of Gracanica. Survivors after a powerful explosion that blew the bus, described the horrific scene of scattered parts of human bodies, blood and screams of wounded. Terrorists have set the explosives in a sewage pipe under the road, not far from Podujevo in eastern Kosovo, which is exclusively inhabited by ethnic Albanian population.

The attack on the Nis Express bus in Livadica is one of the most tragic examples of ethnic terror from the end of the war in 1999. and the arrival of international forces conducted against Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija.
After the arrival of EULEX investigation continued, but the perpetrators are not punished.

The name of Serbs who were killed in this terrorist attack:

1. Nenad Stojanic (1943-2001), bus driver
2. Milinko Kragovic (1943-2001), bus conductor
3. Lazar Milikic (1936-2001)
4. Dragan Vukotic (1954-2001), refugee
5. Nebojsa Cokic (1974-2001), in this attack died his wife and son.
6. Snezana Cokic (1975-2001), the Nebojsa’s wife
7. Danilo Cokic (1999-2001), the Nebojsa’s son
8. Mirjana Dragovic (1981-2001)
9. Suncica Pejcic (1972-2001)
10. Nebojsa Stojkovic (1961-2001), his body was identified with great difficulty because it was completely blown away by the explosion.
11. Zivana Tokic (1948-2001), she died 10 days after attack because of injuries
12. N. Tokic – the husband of Zivana, she also died few days after attack because of injuries.

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