Thousands Mourn Brazil Presidential Candidate Eduardo Campos

More than hundred thousand people in Brazil have paid their last respects to the late presidential candidate, Eduardo Campos, who died in a plane crash on Wednesday. 

They attended a funeral Mass and filled the streets of Recife to follow the passage of his coffin. Later this week, Mr Campos's Socialist Party is expected to appoint former Environment Minister Marina Silva as a replacement candidate. 

Mr Campos's jet crashed in bad weather in Santos, near SaoPaulo. Investigators are still trying to establish the exact cause of the crash, which killed six other people. 

President Dilma Rousseff, who is seeking re-election in October, was among many prominent politicians who travelled to Recife for the funeral.

Source: BBC