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WWII weapons found near Coloney's Italian home

Soldiers roped off George Clooney's Lake Como property in Italy on Thursday while a team of experts removed a cache of unexploded Second World War-era weapons that were found in the lake.

A fisherman discovered the explosives, which were submerged in the lake just metres away from the actor's Italian villa, the Daily Mail reported. The fisherman called Italian authorities, who sent a team to remove the weapons.

More than 200 kilograms of unexploded bombs, hand grenades and mortars were safely removed from the site, the paper said, noting that Clooney was not home at the time.




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