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Bodies of two Italian divers recovered from underwater cave
The plan is to recover the remaining two bodies on Wednesday. (Maldives President Media Division via AP)
The bodies of two of the four remaining Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives have been recovered.
The divers were part of a group that entered a deepwater cave last week.
Finnish divers have recovered the bodies of two of the four remaining Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll in the Maldives, an official said.
The bodies were located on Monday, local time, when searches resumed after being suspended following the death of a local military diver during a perilous mission to try to reach them.
Two bodies of missing Italians recovered from inside Maldives cave
The bodies of two Italians who drowned in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives last week have been brought to the surface, local officials have told the BBC.
"They were retrieved from the third chamber of the underwater cave by the specialist divers from Finland after a two-hour operation," Mohamed Hossain Shareef, a Maldivian government spokesperson told the BBC.
The two bodies were being brought to the capital Male for identification.
They were among five people who died in the accident. Two bodies remain inside.
The first body of an Italian diver, who was a member of the group, was recovered shortly after Thursday's accident near Vaavu atoll. He has been named by Italian media as boat operations manager and diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti.
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Bodies of two divers missing in Maldives sea cave recovered
Male/Rome: The bodies of two Italian divers killed in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives have been recovered, as efforts continue to retrieve the remains of two others.
A spokesperson for Italy’s foreign ministry told CNN the bodies were of Monica Montefalcone, a University of Genoa professor and marine ecologist, and Federico Gualtieri, a marine biologist.
Earlier, Mohamed Hussain Shareef, chief spokesperson at the Maldives president’s office, said: “Identities have not been confirmed yet, but we know that it’s a male and female body that has been recovered.”
The body of diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti was found last week near the mouth of the cave.
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