Five Italian divers are dead after exploring an underwater cave near Alimathaa in Vaavu Atoll in the Maldives, and their families are now demanding to know what went wrong.
A sixth person, a Maldivian military diver, lost his life during the dangerous attempt to recover the bodies.
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Four of the five victims are believed to remain trapped deep inside the cave system, roughly 160 feet below the surface.
International specialists have now arrived to reassess the recovery strategy, but there are far more questions than answers right now.
International cave divers have arrived in the Maldives to step up the search for the remains of four Italians who died while scuba diving in the island paradise, a day after a military officer lost his life in the recovery attempt. https://t.co/N4K4xq0YS1 pic.twitter.com/ml9A1cobBj
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Fox News reported that the victims included Monica Montefalcone, an associate ecology professor at the University of Genoa, her
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