Indonesian killed by his mother’s falling coffin

MAKASSAR: An Indonesian was killed when his mother’s coffin fell from a funeral tower and crushed him during a service on the island of Sulawesi, police said on Sunday. Samen Kondorura, 40, died Friday when pallbearers lost their footing while carrying the coffin up a bamboo ladder in the Parinding valley in North Toraja district, local police said. Horrified onlookers rushed to the men’s aid but Kondorura died later in hospital.