Five Italian tourists died on a daring, deep-water scuba dive into an underwater cave in the Maldives, sparking a police investigation into the tragedy, authorities said Thursday.
Monica Montefalcone, a marine biology professor at the University of Genoa, and her 20-year-old daughter, Giorgia Sommacal, were 160 feet deep in the waters of Vaavu Atoll when they vanished Thursday, Italy’s foreign ministry said.
Three other adventure seekers on the trip — Muriel Oddenino of Turin, Gianluca Benedetti of Padua, and Federico Gualtieri of Borgomanero — also failed to resurface from the dive, according to the UK Sun.
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