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I’m sorry, Swedish diver tells Kenyans after failing to recover Likoni bodies

Swedish Diver Volka Bassen and his team in their boat trying to locate the victims of the ferry tragedy in the Indian Ocean. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

Hopes of recovering two bodies and a car that slipped and plunged into the ocean at the Likoni Channel last Sunday were dashed last evening when a Swedish scuba diver failed to locate them.

Volker Bassen like other divers blamed lack of visibility for the difficult in making the recovery even after promising Kenyans he would accomplish the job just in two hours.

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