German tourist

German tourist’s body found in ‘Eua repatriated

Marina Trost, 43, from Osterhofen,in Bavaria went missing in Tonga while diving off ‘Eua on Sunday, August 11, 2019.

Local fishermen discovered her body on a beach on the north west coastline of ‘Eua a month later.

Kaniva News reports the finding came after a Tonga Police search and rescue team joined by local divers failed to find any trace of the missing woman.

Trost’s body was referred to a coroner at Vaiola hospital for official identification process.

German dies while diving Bikini World War II wrecks

The remains of German Hans Erich Volborth were being flown to Majuro yesterday from the distant northern atoll in the Marshalls group.

The 75-year-old diver was reported to have died after he separated from a group that was diving on the World War II naval wrecks on Bikini's lagoon floor.

Bikini was the site of 24 American nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s, including one that sank a fleet of U.S. and Japanese navy vessels.