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Two divers rescued in Malaysia but teen died

A member of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency uses binoculars during the search to locate three divers at sea on Friday, after they went missing off Malaysia's southeast coast near Mersing in Johor state. Two were rescued but a 14-year-old boy did not survive, authorities quoted his father as saying. (Photo: AFP)

MERSING, Malaysia: A Dutch teenager died when a group he was diving with off the coast of Malaysia coast went missing, officials said on Saturday following the dramatic rescue of his father and two others.

The three Europeans and their instructor got into trouble on Wednesday after they surfaced from a dive near a southern island but could not find their boat.

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