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5 Japanese divers found alive after days missing off Bali

/ 05:28 PM February 17, 2014

SEMAWANG — Five Japanese divers have now been found alive off the Indonesian resort island of Bali more three days after going missing, a disaster agency official said Monday.

Rudi Tjandi, from the Bali disaster agency, said officials found the divers holding on to a coral reef off Nusa Penida island, southeast of Bali.

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They were among seven Japanese divers, all women, who went missing Friday.

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“They are now being rescued and taken to Sanur,” he added, referring to a beach area of southern Bali popular with tourists.

He said they were found some 300 meters (about 1,000 feet) from the coast of Nusa Penida, a small island southeast of Bali.

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Around 100 people have been searching since the five tourists and two instructors went missing during their third dive of the day from the island of Nusa Lembongan, next to Penida.

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