Doctors say Abdullah Morsi suffered a heart attack while driving in Cairo
The youngest son of the late former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has died of a heart attack he suffered while driving in Cairo, doctors said.
Abdullah Morsi, 25, was with a friend on Wednesday when he suddenly felt weak
and died shortly after arriving at a hospital in the capital, according to physicians who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to brief journalists.
Mohamed Morsi had been held in detention since his divisive year in power ended when he was ousted by the military in 2013 after mass protests. In June, he collapsed and died in court during a trial on espionage charges. His death provoked criticism from local and international rights groups, who accused the government of deliberately denying medical care to political prisoners.
Last year, Abdullah Morsi was briefly detained for allegedly spreading false news and belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, the outlawed [...]
Who is Morsi? Mohamed Morsi (1951-2019), PhD, was an Egyptian politician and engineer who served as the 5th President of Egypt, from 30 June 2012 to 3 July 2013. An Islamist affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood organisation, he led the Freedom and Justice Party from 2011 to 2012. In June 2013, protests calling
for Morsi's resignation erupted. The military, backed by the political opposition and leading religious figures, stepped in and deposed Morsi in a coup. Pro-Morsi demonstrations were crushed, resulting in over 800 deaths. Egyptian prosecutors then charged Morsi with various crimes and sought the death penalty, a move denounced by Amnesty International as "a charade based on null and void procedures". His death sentence was overturned in November 2016 and a re-trial ordered. Morsi died during trial on 17 June 2019.
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