Italian fisher wounded after Libyan coastguard reportedly shot at boat

Navy rescues man, who was injured in one arm, after coastguard fired on his boat off the coast of Misrata in Sicily

Italy's navy has rescued an Italian fisher who was wounded after the Libyan coastguard reportedly fired on his boat.

Salvatore Quinci, mayor of the fishing port of Mazaro del Vallo in south-western Sicily, said members of the coastguard shot at the fisherman's boat off the coast of Misrata, the Italian news agency Agi reported.