Divers have found remains of two victims, who went missing, after the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster.
The head of Italy's Civil Protection agency, Franco Gabrielli, said that remains could be ascribable to the persons they were looking for.
According to news.com.au, he added that only DNA testing will be able to confirm the identities of the remains.
Indicating that the analyses would be carried out in the coming hours, Gabrielli urged caution.
Thirty-two of the 4229 people on board the vessel died after it ran aground off the island of Giglio on January 13, 2012.
The bodies of Indian waiter Russel Rebello and Italian passenger Maria Grazia Trecarichi were never found.
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