Maldives diving instructor ‘intentionally swam away’ from cave where six died

In total six people have died during the dive, including ecology professor Monica Montefalcone (left) and her daughter Giorgia Sommacal (right)

A Maldives cave diving instructor may have ‘intentionally swam away’ from a tourist group where six people have died as they entered ‘pitch black cave’.

Five Italians on a research trip were killed during a dive into the 160 ft deep ‘shark cave’ in the Devana Kandu cave system last week.

The bodies of ecology professor Monica Montefalcone, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, researcher Muriel Oddenino, and marine biologist Federico Gualtieri were discovered yesterday.

They were accompanied by diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti, whose body was found last week.

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