UPDATED - Karl Chircop funeral on Saturday

The funeral of Labour MP Karl Chircop is expected to be held on Saturday in Paola, informed sources said. The Labour MP, 43, died on Sunday after falling into a coma in early August. Today, hundreds of people turned up at Labour Party headquarters in...

The funeral of Labour MP Karl Chircop is expected to be held on Saturday in Paola, informed sources said.

The Labour MP, 43, died on Sunday after falling into a coma in early August.

Today, hundreds of people turned up at Labour Party headquarters in Ħamrun to sign the book of condolence for Dr Chircop.

Among them were President Emeritus Guido de Marco, Justice and Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici, the Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Joe Cassar, PN General Secretary Paul Borg Olivier and GWU General Secretary Tony Zarb.

The members of the Labour parliamentary group led by Opposition leader Joseph Muscat, were the first to sign the book yesterday

The book will remain open to the public until Sunday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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