A group of three rescue divers managed to pull the bodies of five Italians back to the surface after they were found inside a cave complex in a Maldives holiday hotspot

The bodies were found at a depth that was twice the legal depth for recreational diving in the island nation. Two bodies have yet to be recovered.

A specialist international dive rescue team recovered the remains of two of four Italians five days after they were killed scuba diving in the Maldives.

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

The last two bodies of a group of Italian divers were retrieved from the sea almost week after they were killed during a research trip in the Maldives.

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.

The divers went missing while "attempting to explore caves at a depth of 50 metres," the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs previously said. #EuropeNews

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

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

A group of three rescue divers managed to pull the bodies of five Italians back to the surface after they were found inside a cave complex in a Maldives holiday hotspot

The first photos from inside the doomed Maldives cave system where five Italian divers died have now been released by the team that recovered their bodies.

The pictures show the dark and difficult conditions in the Maldives’ cave where five divers died

The group vanished while exploring the notorious Dhekunu Kandu cave system in the Vaavu Atoll earlier this month.