The past has once again spoken out in the facilities of the University of Mainz, a city located in the heart of Germany, after a World War II bomb appeared underground and very close to the MEWA Arenathe stadium where FSV Mainz 05 of the Bundesliga is home.
The explosive device, which It belonged to the United States Army and weighs approximately 500 kilos.was found this past Thursday, April 25, while the respective expansion works were being carried out at the University, which is close to the fiefdom of the German club.
The authorities, with the aim of not regretting any type of injury at the time of its detonation, They have evacuated about 4,600 residents living in the area (Mainz neighborhood) and that they must leave their home until the fire department detonates the bomb.
Second bomb in just 15 days
It is not the first bomb found in the vicinity of the MEWA Arena. Days ago, more specifically on April 15, another small incendiary device was found and that it was eliminated -without any danger to the population- with a small controlled detonation.
This scenario is usually the most common in Germany. A similar case occurred at the Borussia Dortmund stadium, the Signal Iduna Park, the place where, months before, an explosive bomb was also found on the west side of the ‘yellow wall’ fiefdom belonging to the Second World War. Luckily, and just as has happened -and will happen- in the Mainz field, The device was successfully detonated.
