Five more bodies recovered from Costa Concordia

Italian divers recovered five bodies that had been found underwater between rocks and the hull of the Costa Concordia cruise ship which crashed off the island of Giglio earlier this year.

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Italian divers recovered five bodies that had been found underwater between rocks and the hull of the Costa Concordia cruise ship which crashed off the island of Giglio on January 13.

The bodies were spotted last week and were taken to the surface by a team of 34 fire brigade, navy and police divers, the civil protection agency said.

Thirty-two people are presumed dead in the tragedy and 30 bodies have now been recovered so far, of which 25 have been formally identified.

"The diving teams will continue their search in the coming days to try and find the two missing," including with a robot, the agency said in a statement.

The Costa Concordia ran into rocks off Giglio in Tuscany with 4,229 people on board including 3,200 passengers from 60 countries.

Nine people are being investigated including the captain, Francesco Schettino, and three executives from ship owner Costa Crociere.


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