Former Egyptian Pres. Mohammed Morsi given quick, secretive burial, as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for independent investigation into the causes of his death.
Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was laid to rest in a low-key burial in the early hours of Tuesday, as questions were being raised about his apparently sudden death after suffering a heart attack in a courtroom.
Morsi's family and rights groups often complained the diabetic man was not getting proper medical treatment, which Egyptian authorities deny. When former President Gamal Abdel-Nasser died, Egypt's streets were packed with mourners and cranked up by loud cries and wails, while former President Anwar El-Sadat's funeral was attended by over 80 world leaders. Their funerals were broadcast over and over again to mark their death anniversaries every year.
"We washed his body in the hospital of Tora Prison and prayed for him at the hospital's mosque," his son, Ahmed, said on his Facebook page.
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