Nine people including baby die after boat capsizes off Lampedusa

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Italian coastguard rescues 22 survivors trying to cross Mediterranean and searches for missing

Nine people, including a baby, have died after their boat capsized while trying to cross the Mediterranean in stormy weather and another 15 people are feared missing, Italy’s coastguard has said.

The Italian coastguard said on Thursday it had received a cooperation request from Maltese search and rescue after the boat capsized about 30 miles (50km) south-east off the island of Lampedusa on Wednesday.

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