Bodies of missing Italian divers found in Maldives
The bodies of all five Italian divers who died in the Maldives last week have now been found, officials tell the BBC.
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The bodies of all five Italian divers who died in the Maldives last week have now been found, officials tell the BBC.
Italy's Foreign Ministry confirmed that rescuers located the bodies of four Italian divers deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives, four days after they were reported missing.
A tragic cave diving accident in the Maldives' Vaavu Atoll resulted in the deaths of five experienced Italian divers, marking the country's worst diving disaster.
The bodies of four missing Italian divers have been found in the Maldives after they went missing while exploring a 50m deep cave in Vaavu Atoll.
The bodies of four Italian divers who died in a sea cave in the Maldives last week have been located, according to officials.
The bodies of four Italian divers who went missing during a scuba diving expedition in the Maldives last week have been found inside a deep underwater cave.
Italy's Foreign Ministry confirmed that rescuers have located the bodies of four Italian divers deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives, four days after they were reported missing.
The Italian government confirmed that the bodies of four Italian divers were located in an underwater cave in the Maldives, four days after they were reported missing.
The Italian divers went missing after swimming to explore a 50m deep cave in Vaavu Atoll. The body of one was recovered on Thursday and the other four on Monday.
The bodies of four Italians who died while scuba-diving in the Maldives on Thursday have been located. The bodies were found inside the Vaavu atoll cave on a joint search & recovery operation conducted by MNDF CG, Maldives police, and a team of experts arranged by the Italian Government.
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