Ex-Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi buried in Cairo

Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was buried in Cairo, a day after he died after having a heart attack in court.

Morsi was buried alongside other senior figures of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, his son, Ahmed Morsi, said on his Facebook page on Tuesday.

He was first democratically elected head of state in Egypt’s modern history, but was ousted by the army in 2013. The 67-year-old had been in jail since being toppled after barely a year in power, following mass protests against his rule.

“We washed his noble body at Tora prison hospital, read prayers for him at the prison hospital”, Ahmed wrote.

The burial was attended by members of the family in Cairo’s Nasr City after authorities refused burial in Morsi’s home province of Sharqiya in the Nile Delta, Ahmed Morsi said.

Morsi died on Monday from a heart attack after collapsing in a Cairo court while on trial on espionage charges, authorities and a medical source said.

His death is likely to pile international pressure on the Egyptian government over its human rights record, especially conditions in prisons where thousands of Islamists and secular activists are held.