Malawi announces state funeral and 21 days of mourning for vice president killed in a plane crash

By GREGORY GONDWE
Associated Press

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The Malawi government says Vice President Saulos Chilima will be honored with a state funeral after he was killed along with eight other people in a plane crash. President Lazarus Chakwera had already announced 21 days of national mourning on Tuesday, when the wreckage of the small military plane carrying Chilima and a former first lady was discovered in a mountainous area in the country’s north. There were no survivors. The government also clarified that there were nine people on board, not 10 as first announced.