A 63-year-old American tourist diving near Hulhumalé had her leg severed below the knee when struck by a dive boat propeller while resurfacing, police confirmed. She is being treated at Treetop Hospital in Hulhumalé; the Maldives National Defence Force suspended its search for the severed leg, and police are investigating the incident first reported around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.
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A 63-year-old American tourist, who was diving near Hulhumalé, had one leg severed after being struck by a dive boat propeller while resurfacing from her dive
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The Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF), after an ‘active search’ in an effort to locate the dismembered leg, reported that they had now suspended the search which had been carried out within the area where the incident occurred.
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