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CAIRO (Reuters) – Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi has died in court, state television reported yesterday.
It said Mursi had fainted after a court session and died afterwards.
Mursi, a top figure in the Muslim Brotherhood, 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.
Meanwhile, Algerian former prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia appeared in a court in Algiers on Sunday to be questioned over alleged corruption involving the partner in Algeria of Germany’s Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), state TV said.
This is the second time Ouyahia has been questioned since the Supreme Court last week ordered his detention as part of another investigation into alleged corruption.
—Reuters.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter