Xtra Time Web Desk: Australian great Shane Warne’s coffin will be brought back home in Australia.
Just before dawn on Thursday, his coffin covered in an Australian flag was put into an ambulance at the Thai Police Forensic Institute and driven to an international airport. Local media said a private jet was expected to fly Warne’s body back to his hometown of Melbourne, Australia.
Warne was well known as one of the best bowlers of all time, died last Friday on Samui Island in the south of Thailand. An autopsy report stated that the legend died of a suspected heart attack.
The Victoria state government is planning to host a state memorial service for Warne on March 30 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, home to many of Warne’s greatest sports moments, after the family holds a private funeral.
“There’s nowhere in the world more appropriate to farewell Warnie than the ‘G,” Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews posted Wednesday on social media.