A 70-year-old fisherman, Mario Caruana, died yesterday after he was airlifted from a boat eight miles off Delimara yesterday.

The man from Żurrieq, who suffered from a chronic condition, fell overboard. He was unconscious when he was brought back aboard by the crew of the fishing boat Stella Maris.

An army vessel went to the rescue before a military helicopter flew the man to Mater Dei, where he died.

The man is understood to have recently undergone surgery.

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