On Tuesday, Zambia held a state funeral for former Head of State Michael Sata, who died from an undisclosed illness at a U.K. hospital last month at the age of 77. Here, you can see photos and video of Zambians paying their last respects to King Cobra, with reports indicating that at Catholic Mass at the National Heroes Stadium, tens of thousands of mourners greeted his remains with a “deafening wailing.”
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Watch Zambia prepare to lay Sata to rest here: