Navy divers remove live bomb after fisherman called in find on Lord Howe Island’s Elizabeth reef

An unexploded 45kg bomb has been towed into deep waters five months after being found off the New South Wales coast.

The weapon was found in late April by a fisherman on Lord Howe Island’s Elizabeth Reef. Defence personnel said it could have posed “a significant risk to the general public”.

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