Bodies of missing Italian divers found in Maldives

The bodies of four Italian divers who went missing during a scuba Diving Accident in the Maldives last week have been located, officials have confirmed to the BBC.One body, belonging to a fifth member of the group, had already been located after the incident on Thursday.The Italian nationals were found inside a 60-metre-deep (197ft) cave in Vaavu Atoll by a joint team of highly trained Finnish and Maldivian divers, according to local authorities.A rescue diver also died on Saturday while searching for the bodies of the group."Further dives [are] to be carried out in the coming days to recover the bodies," Mohamed Hossain Shareef, a Maldivian government spokesperson, said in a message to the BBC.The incident is believed to be the worst single Diving Accident in the tiny Indian Ocean nation, a popular tourist destination because of its string of coral islands.Maldives governmentMohamed Mahdhee was part of a group of eight rescue divers trying to locate the bodiesFour of the Italian divers were part of a University of Genoa team: Prof Monica Montefalcone, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, and researchers Muriel Oddenino and Federico Gualtieri.