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Bingu wa Mutharika's body to be flown to Malawi on Thursday
09 Apr 2012 at 13:49hrs | Views
The remains of Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika will be flown from South Africa to Malawi on Thursday, a Foreign Affairs ministry official told AFP.
"An official announcement will be made today but the late president will be flown by a South African military plane," the official said on Monday.
After suffering a heart attack on Thursday, Mutharika was flown to South Africa and was pronounced dead on arrival at a military hospital there the same day, a presidential secretary said.
The date for his funeral has not yet been made public, but he is expected to be buried near his home village at a his sprawling Ndata farm in the southern Thyolo district.
Mutharika's first wife Ethel, who died three years ago, is also buried at the farm.
"An official announcement will be made today but the late president will be flown by a South African military plane," the official said on Monday.
After suffering a heart attack on Thursday, Mutharika was flown to South Africa and was pronounced dead on arrival at a military hospital there the same day, a presidential secretary said.
The date for his funeral has not yet been made public, but he is expected to be buried near his home village at a his sprawling Ndata farm in the southern Thyolo district.
Mutharika's first wife Ethel, who died three years ago, is also buried at the farm.
Source - Sapa
