Malawi's ex-deputy speaker shoots himself dead in parliament

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Clement Chiwaya, who was 50, killed himself inside the parliament building, where he had gone to discuss vehicle benefits entitled to him when he left office in 2019.

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By  AFP

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What you need to know:

  • The statement from parliament appeared to suggest that Chiwaya, who moved in a wheelchair, had sneaked a gun into the high-security building.
  • "Having been a person with a disability, the (security) scanner alerts were deemed to be from the wheelchair," it said.
  • A source at parliament told AFP that Chiwaya shot himself in the head inside the office of the clerk of parliament.

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