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Missing divers found safe in Indonesia

Five European divers missing for about two days were found alive on a remote beach in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, police said.

Posted: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 10:06 (BST)
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Five European divers missing for about two days were found alive on a remote beach in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, police said. Police began searching for the divers - three Britons, a Frenchman and a Swede - after they went missing on Thursday in dangerous waters near the Komodo National Park in the Nusa Tenggara islands, Viktor Jemadu, a senior police officer in the Manggarai Barat area told Reuters.

The five divers were part of a team of 14 who did not surface when waves suddenly picked up during a dive. Their team contacted police, who began scouring the waters late on Thursday.

"The police patrol spotted them waving their hands from a beach on Rinca island. They were safe and sound, but were a bit hungry," Jemadu said.

The divers were in a boat heading to Labuan Bajo city.

The Komodo National Park is famous for a giant lizard of the same name.



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