Bodies of two Italian divers recovered from Maldives underwater cave

Divers preparing to search for the four missing Italians (Maldives President’s Media Division via AP)

Divers have recovered the bodies of two of the four remaining Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll in the Maldives last week, a spokesperson for the Indian Ocean nation said.

The bodies were located on Monday as searches resumed after a suspension following the death of a local military diver during a perilous retrieval attempt.