The DAN Europe Divers' Network announced that three Finnish cave divers will join a team in the Maldives on Monday in order to search for and recover the bodies of four Italian scuba divers killed in an underwater cave accident.

DAN Europe, in a statement, said that the team arrived Sunday after the incident on Thursday in Vaavu, where the Italian divers were exploring caves in the Vaavu atoll.

In a Friday statement, the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF), said that the body of an Italian diver was recovered.

The body was found at a depth of 60 meters inside a cave. The statement stated that it is presumed the other divers would also be in this 200-foot long cave.

The Finnish divers -- Sami Paakkarinen and Patrik Gronqvist -- are working with MNDF officials.

Sergent-major Mohamed Mahudhee died from decompression sickness on Saturday, prompting the MNDF temporarily to suspend its recovery efforts, which were taking place under rough weather conditions and in the sea.

(source: Reuters)