Day two of the mission to remove trapped footballers from Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district was halted on Monday after four more boys were extracted to safety.

The second day’s evacuations began at 11am on Monday to remove the remaining eight Mu Pa Academy footballers and their coach from the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province, according to mission chief Narongsak Osottanakorn.