Bodies of four Italians missing in the Maldives identified
A team of Finnish experts has been working since this morning to recover the divers who never returned to the surface after last Thursday's excursion.
The five victims of the tragedy
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The bodies of the four Italian divers missing in the Maldives have been located in the third segment of the cave near the Vavu Atoll. The Farnesina confirmed the discovery.
The Dan Europe diving team has been working since this morning to attempt to recover the bodies of the divers who never surfaced after last Thursday's excursion into a cave 50 meters deep, in the waters of Alimatha.
The team is made up of three expert Finnish cave divers: Sami Paakkarinen, Jenni Westerlund, and Patrik Grönqvist. The bodies of Monica Montefalcone, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, Muriel Oddenino, and Federico Gualtieri are in the cave. The bodies of the fifth victim, Gianluca Benedetti, were recovered on Friday.
News update
(Unioneonline)
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