Essam el-Erian, a senior leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, died in prison in Cairo on Thursday after suffering a heart attack.
A senior leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood - Essam el-Erian - died in prison in Cairo on Thursday after suffering a heart attack, prison sources, a lawyer and local media said.
The 66-year-old had served as deputy leader of the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party and was arrested in 2013 following the ousting of president Mohamed Morsi during which, mass protests were the order of the day.
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