Prosecutors in Rome opened a culpable homicide probe as Maldives officials said they were unaware the group planned to enter a cave

An international dive safety group sent experts to the Maldives on Sunday to join a multinational recovery effort after five Italians and a rescue diver died in the Indian Ocean…

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

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.

Search operations resumed on Monday after being suspended following the death of a local military diver. | World News

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…

Italian prosecutors have launched a culpable homicide investigation into the fatal Maldives cave-diving expedition, authorities said.

A Maldives government official says a permit was given to study soft corals, but authorities were unaware the group planned to cave dive.

ROME: The bodies of the last two of five Italian divers killed while diving in a deep underwater cave have been recovered, an Italian foreign ministry source said on Wednesday.…

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.

Maldivian authorities say they are probing whether the group descended far deeper than expected

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Prosecutors in Rome opened a culpable homicide probe as Maldives officials said they were unaware the group planned to enter a cave

A group of expert Finnish divers may have solved the mystery surrounding the deaths of five Italians who perished while exploring deep-sea caves in the Maldives.

Five Italian divers died while exploring caves in the Maldives, with bodies recovered this week