Two Russian divers have died in the Philippines after being swept away by strong undercurrents - with one believed to have drowned and the other mauled in a horrifying shark attack, according to officials. Four Russian men aged 18 to 57 were diving with a Filipino dive instructor in a popular destination near the resort area of Batangas when they were separated by the current. While two members of the group and the instructor managed to swim back safely to their boat, two of the tourists, who were identified as Ilia Peregudin, 29, and Maksim Melekhov, 39, went missing. The dive instructor and other divers in the area, along with Philippine coast guards, immediately launched a search. The first man found by rescuers was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital, while the second missing diver was found later that evening 'being attacked by sharks'. It took the rescuers more than half an hour to prize him away from the predators, but eventually, he said, 'they somehow managed to pul...
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