40 YUGOSLAV MILITARY TARGETS COME UNDER ATTACK IN 2ND NATO STRIKE

BELGRADE, March 26 (Hina) - Thursday night's NATO air strikes were directed against "about 40 military targets and inhabited areas", the Yugoslav Army General Staff said in a statement on Friday. The targets included "barracks, especially buildings for the accommodation of soldiers, obviously the aim being to cause as many victims as possible", the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug reported. The army statement gave no precise information as to whether there were any victims. The Serbian Television (RTS) late on Thursday reported that the Serbian anti-aircraft defence had shot down one NATO jet and 15 missiles. The RTS early this morning reported that the Yugoslav Army anti- aircraft defence had shot down two NATO planes over Mount Fruska Gora. "It is supposed that the planes had arrived from Croatia's air space", the RTS reported. State-run media also reported that anti-aircraft defence had shot down one NATO plane between Pristina and Podujevo, in the Kosovo region, as well as more than 15 cruise missiles. Citing today's Tanjug reports, Reuters said that 147 people last night sought medical help in Belgrade. Nine of them have been kept in hospital for treatment, the agency reported. (hina) rml