CAIRO: “Do not kill the lions of your countries, lest you fall to the dogs of your enemies”, Mohammad Morsi has once said.
Egypt first and the only democratically elected president Mohammad Morsi died in court on Monday.
He was 67 years old and was on trial after the military ousted him in 2013, and launched massive crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood.
Media reports said he had just addressed the court, speaking from the glass cage. In his alibi, he warned that he could reveal many secrets, a Judicial official said.
A few minutes afterwards, he collapsed, the official said speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to press.
Morsi’s, son Ahmed confirmed the death of the father in a Facebook post. He had been serving a seven-year sentence for falsifying his candidacy application in 2012 presidential race.
The Muslim Brotherhood accused the Egyptian authorities of being responsible for Morsi’s “deliberate slow death”.
According to the official spokesperson of the party “put him in solitary confinement. They withheld medication and didn’t gave him the most basic Human Rights.
President of Turkey Recep Erdogan, calling Morsi a “Martyr”, extended condolences to his family and the Egyptian people.
Soon after this news was revealed people in Pakistan expressed their condolences and “Mohammad Morsi” remained at the top trend.
Amnesty International expressed its reservations over it and demanded a fair, transparent and comprehensive investigation into Morsi death incident.
