Middle East

Former Egyptian President Morsi's Son Dies of Heart Attack

FILE - Abdullah Morsi, the youngest son of Egypt's former President Mohamed Morsi, sits in front of a framed image of his father that was printed on a flag during the 2013 Rabaah al-Adawiya sit-in, at his home in Cairo, Egypt.

Physicians say the youngest son of the late former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has died of a heart attack.

They say 25-year-old Abdullah Morsi was driving his car with a friend in Cairo when he suddenly felt weak. He died shortly after arriving in hospital on Wednesday evening.

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The doctors spoke on condition of anonymity to talk to reporters.

Abdullah was sentenced to a year in prison in 2014 for drug possession. In 2018, he was detained briefly for spreading false news and belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

His father, U.S.-educated engineer Mohamed Morsi, was Egypt's first democratically elected civilian head of state in Egypt's modern history.

Morsi, who collapsed and died in a Cairo court in June, was toppled by the military, led by then defense minister Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in July 2013. Sissi is currently ruling Egypt.