Three missing after boat sinks in Mediterranean

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 29 - Three people are missing after a seven-metre-long migrant boat sank in the Mediterranean overnight.
    An Italian coast guard vessel saved 46 people, including seven minors and 13 women, after the shipwreck, which took place in the Italian SAR (search and rescue) zone.
    The mother of a three-month baby boy who survived the shipwreck is among the missing people.
    The survivors, who are from Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Gambia, landed on the island of Lampedusa shortly before midnight.
    They said they departed from Tunisia and paid 2,000 dinar for the crossing.
    The baby, Ismaele, has been examined by doctors are is said to be in a good condition.
    Police officers at the Lampedusa migrant hotspot are helping to take care of him.
    Photo: Police officers with Ismaele. (ANSA).