A 250 kg unexploded WWII bomb was found yesterday on a construction site near Europark, Maribor, where a new Lidl store is being built. Whether and in what scope any evacuation will be necessary will be decided on Monday.
Meanwhile, the bomb is being guarded by the Maribor police.
Apparently, this is not the first WWII bomb found in the area. During the construction of the Europark shopping complex itself four such bombs were found.
Occupied Maribor was quite heavily bombed by the allies. The first bombing took place on January 7th, 1944, with 276 bombs dropped on the city, which killed 55 people. Bombings continued on October 13th and lasted until April 12, 1945, when the city was bombed for the last time. The worst bombing occurred on October 14, 1944, when around 560 bombs were dropped on the city, killing 76 people.
