Bombs Discovered Near Clooney Mansion

Unexploded WWII arsenal found in waters off villa
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 29, 2010 3:39 AM CDT
Bombs Discovered Near Clooney Mansion
A lakeside view of George Clooney's villa Oleandra in Laglio, on Lake Como, northern Italy,    (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, files)

The town surrounding George Clooney's Italian villa has been sealed off while specialists remove an arsenal of World War II bombs big enough to blow the star and his neighbors sky high. The unexploded ordnance, including mines, mortars, and at least on 500lb bomb, was found by a Lake Como fisherman in waters less than 50 feet away from Clooney's mansion, the Daily Mail reports.
(More Lake Como stories.)

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