{"id":682,"date":"2026-05-18T12:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:37:34","slug":"italys-foreign-minister-says-divers-found-bodies-of-4-italians-dead-in-maldives-sea-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=682","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s foreign minister says divers found bodies of 4 Italians dead in Maldives sea cave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>ROME (AP) \u2014 Italy\u2019s Foreign Ministry said Monday that rescuers have located the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave in a Maldive atoll. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=680\">Woman killed in overnight shooting at Durham apartment complex, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The searches had resumed on Monday after being suspended following the death of a local military diver during a perilous mission to try to reach them.<\/p>\n<p>Five Italian divers are believed to have died while exploring a cave at a depth of about 50 meters (160 feet) in Vaavu Atoll on Thursday, according to Italy\u2019s Foreign Ministry. The recreational diving limit in the Maldives is 30 meters (98 feet).<\/p>\n<p>The body of one Italian \u2014 a diving instructor \u2014 was found earlier outside the cave. <\/p>\n<p>Three Finnish divers, experts in deep and cave diving had arrived in the Indian Ocean nation on Sunday to draw up a fresh plan in the search for the bodies of the other four, who were believed to be inside the cave system.<\/p>\n<p>The three Finnish divers, Maldives police and the military conducted a combined search on Monday during which they found the four bodies, said Ahmed Shaam, a Maldives government spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=676\">NC juvenile shot while \u2018play fighting\u2019 with family member, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was unclear if the divers went under water and saw the bodies physically or they spotted them by underwater drone cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Shaam said the searchers will now devise a plan to bring the bodies to the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Maldives presidential spokesperson Mohamed Hussain Shareef said earlier that the search was suspended after Mohamed Mahudhee, a member of the Maldivian National Defense Force, died of underwater decompression sickness after being transferred to a hospital in the capital on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Rough weather has repeatedly hampered rescue efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Initial teams had already dived to identify and mark the entrance to the cave system where the Italians disappeared. 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