(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/130114-bosnia-memorial-hmed-1p.photoblog600.jpg) / A Bosnian woman passes the remains of a monument in southern city Mostar, 65 miles from the capital of Sarajevo, on Monday. A bomb blast destroyed earlier in the day destroyed the memorial honoring soldiers of Bosnia's Muslim-dominated wartime army.By Maja Zuvela, ReutersSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A bomb blast destroyed a monument to fallen soldiers of Bosnia's Muslim-dominated wartime army on Monday in the southern town of Mostar, where divisions between ethnic Croats and Muslims still run deep.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (https://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) Police said an "explosive device" had destroyed the lily-shaped monument in front of Mostar's city hall in the early hours of Monday morning.
Bosnia's international peace overseer, Valentin Inzko, said he was "appalled" by the attack and appealed for calm.
"This violence must not be allowed to spread," Inzko said in a statement.
Home to around 70,000 people, Mostar saw heavy fighting during Bosnia's 1992-95 war.
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