Former President, Muhammed Dies After Collapsing in Court (photo)

Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi died on Monday after collapsing during a court session, Egyptian state television reported.

Morsi was an Islamist who became Egypt’s first democratically-elected president in 2012. He was then ousted following mass protests and a military coup in July 2013.

Morsi was being tried on espionage charges in Egypt.

He served just one year of a four-year term, while the organisation to which he belonged, the Muslim Brotherhood, has since been outlawed.

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