Malawi president: all killed on plane carrying Vice President Chilima


FILE PHOTO: Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima arrives at a polling station in Lilongwe, Malawi May 21, 2019 in this still image obtained from REUTERS TV video. REUTERS TV/Eldson Chagara/via REUTERS/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera said on Tuesday during an address to the nation that everyone on board the airplane carrying Malawi Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima that went missing on Monday had been killed.

(Reporting by Frank Phiri; Writing by Tannur Anders; Editing by Alexander Winning)

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