Reports have it that former Egyptian president, Mohamed Mursi died in court on Monday. Mursi had fainted after a court session and died afterwards.
Mursi is a top figure in the Muslim Brotherhood. He was toppled by the military in 2013 after mass protests against this rule. He had been serving a seven-year sentence for falsifying his candidacy application for the 2012 presidential race.
In March 2018, a panel of British politicians and lawyers warned that Morsi’s prison conditions were poor and could lead to his early death.
Morsi had also complained about being denied treatment for diabetes.
An engineer by profession, Morsi’s short time in office marked Egypt’s brief experiment with democracy. As analysts began to tout his tenure as a success for the Arab spring, the army struck effectively snatching the country back from civilian
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