Youngest son of Egypt's ousted President Morsi dies

Published: September 05, 2019 13:52:43 | Updated: September 10, 2019 12:45:08

Abdullah Mursi, the youngest son of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, sits in front of a framed image of his father that was printed on a flag during the 2013 Rabaah al-Adawiya sit-in, at his home in Cairo, Egypt — AP/Files

The youngest son of Egypt’s former president, Mohamed M0rsi, died on Wednesday from a heart attack, his brother and a family lawyer told Reuters news agency, 2-1/2 months after his father’s death from similar causes.

Abdullah Morsi, 24, began to feel spasms while driving in Cairo with a friend and died shortly afterward, his brother Ahmed said.

Their father was the first democratically elected head of state in Egypt’s modern history. He died in June from a heart attack at age 67 after collapsing in a Cairo court while on trial on espionage charges.

A top figure in the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Morsi had been in jail since being toppled by the military in 2013 after barely a year in power, following mass protests against his rule.