A leading member of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement has died in prison after suffering a heart attack, media reports say.
Essam al-Erian, 66, was arrested in 2013 following the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi’s government by the military.
He was serving several life sentences at the Tora Prison in southern Cairo when he died, the reports say.
There has been no official announcement of his death, but it was reported by both pro-government and pro-Brotherhood websites.
Mr Erian’s lawyer confirmed his death to AFP news agency, saying: “The authorities notified me of his death, and I informed his family to arrange for receiving his body [for burial]. It was a natural death.”
Mr Morsi died in custody in June 2019, after collapsing in a courtroom.
Source: BBC
