The four bodies were located on Monday at a depth of around 60 metres.

The final two bodies of a group of Italian divers were recovered from undersea caves on Wednesday, almost a week after they were killed during a research expedition to the Maldives.

The divers brought the bodies to a depth of 100 feet at which point they handed them off to divers from the Maldivian Coast Guard who brought them to the surface and onto a sea ambulance.