The bodies of the last two of five Italian divers who perished while diving in a deep underwater cave in the Maldives have been recovered.

It's believed to be the deadliest diving disaster to have taken place in the Indian Ocean tourist destination.

The attempt to retrieve the five bodies has already claimed another life, underscoring the peril and complexity of the recovery effort.

The bodies of four missing Italian scuba divers who died last week have been located, the Maldives government said on Monday.

Rescuers have located the bodies of four divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave in a Maldive atoll. The body of a fifth diver was recovered last week.

Five Italian divers are believed to have died while exploring a cave at a depth of about 50 metres in Vaavu Atoll on Thursday, according to Italy’s Foreign Ministry. #EuropeNews

Italy's Foreign Ministry said Monday rescuers have located the bodies of four Italian divers who were believed to be deep inside an underwater cave in a Maldive atoll.

The bodies of four Italian scuba divers, missing since last week, have been located in an underwater cave in the Maldives.

Bodies of all five missing divers now recovered after local diver also died during rescue mission

The group went missing five days earlier while exploring an underwater cave system.

The bodies of four Italians who drowned in the Maldives' worst diving disaster were found in an underwater cave on Monday, Maldivian and Italian officials said, after an…

Three Finnish divers will attempt to recover the bodies of two of the four Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll in the Maldives.

The four missing Italians were found in the deepest part of the sea cave, and rescuers plan to recover their bodies in the coming days.

MALE, Maldives: Finnish divers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two of the four remaining Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll in the Maldives, an…

Expert divers on Tuesday launched a complex operation to try to recover the bodies of two of the five Italians who died while scuba diving in cave at a depth of around 60 metres…

Maldives government spokesman Ahmed Shaam had earlier said that the three Finnish divers would retrieve the bodies, which were lying at a depth of around 60 metres. #EuropeNews

The bodies of two of the four remaining Italians who died in an underwater cave in the Maldives were recovered by divers on Tuesday, an official said, as efforts continue to…

Finnish divers recovered the bodies after they were located deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives.

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MALE: An internationally backed recovery operation on Tuesday (May 19) brought to the surface the bodies of two Italian divers who drowned in the Maldives' worst diving disaster,…

Expert divers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two of the five Italians who died while scuba diving in a cave at a depth of around 60 metres in the Maldives last week. (ANSA)