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Rescue diver dies during search for bodies of Italians who drowned in Maldives caves

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 162 words · By Olivia Ireland
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Rescue diver dies during search for bodies of Italians who drowned in Maldives caves A rescue diver has died while searching for the bodies of four Italians who died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives.

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What happened

Rescue diver dies during search for bodies of Italians who drowned in Maldives caves A rescue diver has died while searching for the bodies of four Italians who died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives.

Why it matters

Staff Sergeant Mohamed Mahdhee was taken to hospital in critical condition after diving as part of the search and rescue operation, and later succumbed to his injuries, a government spokesman told the BBC on Saturday.

Common ground

The accident saw five Italians die while attempting to explore caves at a depth of around 50m (164ft).

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “So far, just one of their bodies is thought to have been recovered, in a cave at a depth of around 60m (197ft).”
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The Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and other reports confirm that the first body was discovered inside an underwater cave at a depth of 60 meters (197 feet), while search efforts continued for the others.
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web search NEUTRAL — Recovery efforts have been complicated by poor weather and the complexity of the cave system. Divers from the Maldivian National Defense Force continued search operations overnight as a yellow weather…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/5-italians-die-during-diving…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF), which is coordinating the operation, said the first body was discovered inside an underwater cave at a depth of 60 metres (197 feet). “It is believed that t…
https://sharjah24.ae/en/Articles/2026/05/15/Maldives-rescue-…
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web search NEUTRAL — “The cave is so deep that divers even with the best equipment do not try to approach,” he said. Italy’s Foreign Ministry said the five divers “apparently died while attempting to explore caves at a de…
https://www.ksat.com/news/world/2026/05/15/authorities-searc…
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Claim 2: “Staff Sergeant Mohamed Mahdhee was taken to hospital in critical condition after diving as part of the search and rescue operation, and later succumbed to his injuries”
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The provided evidence for this claim contains results about a shooting in the Bronx and Rudy Giuliani's health, which are completely irrelevant to the claim about Staff Sergeant Mohamed Mahdhee. No evidence supports the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — A man is hospitalized after a shooting outside a busy Bronx subway station. Police responded around 9:45 a.m. Thursday at Jerome and Bainbridge Avenues. They said a 21-year-old was rushed to St. Barna…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/man-hospitalized-in-critical…
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web search NEUTRAL — Rudy Giuliani Is Hospitalized and in Critical Condition. 0:33. Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, has been hospitalized in Florida. A spokesman said the 81-year-old is ”in critical but …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/nyregion/rudy-giuliani-ho…
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web search NEUTRAL — Former Republican New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is in critical condition and receiving treatment in a hospital, according to a statement released Sunday. The exact details of the ailment which led…
https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2026/05/03/rudy-giulia…
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Claim 3: “The accident saw five Italians die while attempting to explore caves at a depth of around 50m (164ft).”
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Multiple independent sources (Italy's foreign ministry, Maldives police, and news reports) confirm that five Italians died while attempting to explore caves at a depth of 50 meters (164 feet).
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web search NEUTRAL — Five Italians have died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives, the foreign ministry in Rome has said. "The divers are believed to have died while attempting to explore caves at a depth of 50 metr…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62e0p7rd2ro
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web search NEUTRAL — Five divers die while exploring Maldives caves.Five Italians die during cave scuba dive in Maldives. The cave entrance is 50m. Apparently strong winds and currents that day.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Five Italian nationals died on Thursday on the dive, according to Italy’s foreign ministry and Maldives police.The Italian authorities said the divers were trying to explore caves at a depth of 50 met…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/world/asia/maldives-divin…
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Claim 4: “A rescue diver has died while searching for the bodies of four Italians who died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives.”
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While the evidence confirms that five Italians died in a scuba diving accident and that search operations were conducted by Maldivian authorities, none of the provided search results mention a rescue diver dying during the operation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Monica Montefalcone one of the five Italian scuba divers who died near Alimathaa in the Maldives.The search is continuing for the bodies of four Italian divers who died in a scuba accident in a deep u…
https://www.itv.com/news/2026-05-15/four-italians-killed-in-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Maldivian authorities conducted a high-risk search Friday for the bodies of four Italian divers who died in a scuba accident in a deep underwater cave a day before. The body of a fifth diver was recov…
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/authorities-search-wate…
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web search NEUTRAL — In total, five Italians died in the scuba diving accident in Vaavu Atoll in the Indian Ocean archipelago on Thursday, Italy’s foreign ministry said. The body of the fifth diver was found near the mout…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/16/maldives-scuba…
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