Eighteen years ago today, on 2 May 1995, rebel Serbs shelled the centre of Zagreb, killing six people, in retaliation for the defeat experienced in the "Flash" military-police operation in western Slavonia.
The retaliation was publicly admitted to by the then leader of rebel ethnic Serbs, Milan Martic, and was repeated again a day later. Six people were killed, 39 seriously injured and another 136 received lesser injuries.
The first explosions were heard around 10.23 a.m. on 2 May when several shells were fired on downtown Zagreb.
The shelling a day later was directed at a children's hospital, a retirement home and the national theatre building.
Milan Martic was sentenced by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the attack on Zagreb and is currently serving a 35-year sentence.
