Zagreb rocket attacks

Zagreb rocket attacks
The body of Ana Mutevelić lying on the intersection of Vlaška and Draškovićeva streets
Location	Zagreb, Croatia
Date	2–3 May 1995
Target	Downtown Zagreb Zagreb Airport
Attack type	Artillery rocket attack
Weapons	262 mm M-87 Orkan multiple rocket launcher armed with cluster bombs
Deaths	7
Injured	214[1]
Perpetrators	Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina
Motive	Retaliation for Croatian Army offensive in Operation Flash

The Zagreb rocket attacks were two rocket attacks conducted by the Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina that used multiple rocket launchers to strike the Croatian capital of Zagreb during the Croatian War of Independence. The attack killed seven^[2][3] and wounded over 200 Croatian and foreign civilians and was carried out on 2 May and 3 May 1995 as retaliation for the Croatian army's offensive in Operation Flash. The rocket attacks deliberately targeted civilian locations. Zagreb was the largest of several cities hit by the attack. It was not the only instance in the war in Croatia that cluster bombs were used in combat.^[1]

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) characterized the attack as a crime against humanity and convicted Croatian Serb leader Milan Martić of ordering the attack.