SERBIAN MEDIA: NATO ATTACKS BELGRADE, PANCEVO, SMEDEREVO, CACAK

BELGRADE, April 4 (Hina) - Seven people were injured, of whom three were kept in hospital for treatment, during NATO's bombing of the Novi Sad "Liberty Bridge" on Saturday night, Yugoslav official sources reported on Sunday. The destruction of the "Liberty Bridge" and Thursday's destruction of another bridge in Novi Sad have left 30,000 residents without running water. Last night's attack on the "Liberty Bridge" and a bridge near Backa Palanka (a town bordering with eastern Croatia) marked the beginning of a new series of attacks on Belgrade, Smederevo, Pancevo and Cacak. Windows were shattered on the nearby Military Health Centre (VMA) during the bombing of a police academy in Belgrade's neighbourhood of Banjica. There has been no information on victims. There was a strong smell of powder spreading through Novi Beograd after NATO's attack on a heating plant. A fire, which broke out after the attack, was extinguished in an hour and half. There is no information on victims, but it is feared that there may be some since the plant is surrounded by a large number of "wild settlements" inhabited by very poor residents. Last night's NATO action was also directed against the oil refinery in Pancevo and a nearby power plant. It was confirmed that there is no fear of poisonous gas spreading. The Yugoslav state news agency Tanjug reported that two workers were killed and another was wounded in an attack on the NIS oil refinery in Pancevo. An oil plant near Kraljevo was also hit and three people were wounded in the attack. An oil industry Jugopetrol's warehouse in the Belgrade neighbourhood of Cukarica was also targeted. NATO planes this morning targeted for the first time Smederevo, hitting "Jugopetrol" installations at 2.40 am with two missiles. According to media reports, the Cacak-based factory "Sloboda" was hit again this morning. The plant has almost been completely erased in two previous attacks. (hina) rml