A Maltese fisherman was taken to a Lampedusa hospital for medical treatment after taking ill while fishing for tuna some distance off the island's coast early yesterday morning, the Armed Forces of Malta said.

His condition was described as not serious.

The Italian island is situated between Malta and Tunis.

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