Italian divers who died in the Maldives may have taken the wrong tunnel in a cave and died in a dead-end corridor, the head of the outfit that recovered their bodies told AFP.
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Emergency responders transfer the bodies of Italian tourists to an ambulance in Male on May 19, 2026. Photo by Mohamed Afrah / AFP.
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