Sicily Bomb Plot Foiled
From Associated Press
PALERMO, Sicily —
Police Wednesday foiled an apparent attempt to kill Italy’s most celebrated Mafia fighter when they discovered a bomb near his villa, news reports said.
Security forces assigned to protect Judge Giovanni Falcone reportedly found 44 pounds of plastic explosives.
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