First six Thai boys rescued from flooded cave (updated)


CHIANG RAI (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): At least six members of a Thai schoolboy soccer team have been rescued from the flooded cave where they had been trapped for more than two weeks, a senior member of the rescue team said on Sunday (July 8).

Elite divers entered the Tham Luang cave at 10am on Sunday (July 8) to carry out the dangerous rescue mission to bring out the 12 boys and their coach. They have been trapped underground since June 23.

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