 It was uninhabited at the time it was bombed, leading some to speculate that it was bombed more due to its symbolic significance as a representation of the state, rather than merely just for immediate tangible purposes.It was bombed once again nine days later, around midnight on 7/8 May 1999.Severely damaged by the 1999 bombing, the building has not been repaired for over a decade and is Belgrade’s most famous ruin.