Italian Foreign Ministry Confirms Recovery of Four Divers' Bodies in Maldives Cave
Italy's Foreign Ministry announced that the bodies of four Italian divers have been located inside an underwater cave in the Maldives' Vaavu Atoll. The divers were part of a group of five who went missing while exploring the cave at a depth of approximately 160 feet, exceeding the Maldives' recreational diving limit of 98 feet. The search, which had been temporarily suspended due to the death of a local military diver, resumed with the assistance of Finnish diving experts. The bodies were found in the innermost part of the cave, and recovery operations are planned to retrieve them over the coming days. The victims include Monica Montefalcone, an associate professor of ecology, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, marine biologist Federico Gualtieri, researcher Muriel Oddenino, and diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti, whose body was found earlier outside the cave. 
