Divers have found additional bodies near a suspected North Korean spy ship that sank in the East China Sea following a shootout with Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels last December, coast guard officials said Saturday.
Divers recovered two weapons and what appears to be a bullet from the seabed during a search of the ship Saturday, but did not recover the bodies, they said.
The coast guard began the search operation Wednesday and recovered the body of a man found near the wreckage Friday.
According to a media report Sunday, the body was tied to the stern with a rope, and four other bodies were found fixed to the deck with what appears to be rope.