Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi was buried Tuesday (June 18th), a day after he collapsed in a Cairo courtroom, AFP reported.
The Islamist leader, who was overthrown in 2013 after a year of divisive rule and later charged with espionage, was buried at a cemetery in eastern Cairo's Medinat Nasr, one of his lawyers said.
Lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksoud said family members had washed Morsi's body and prayed the last rites early Tuesday morning at the Leeman Tora Hospital.
The prosecutor general's office said the 67-year-old leader had collapsed and "died as he attended a hearing" Monday over alleged collaboration with foreign powers and militant groups.
Morsi, who appeared "animated", had addressed the court Monday for five minutes before falling to the ground inside the defendants' glass cage, it said.
The attorney general said Morsi had been "transported immediately to the hospital", where medics pronounced him dead -- a version confirmed by a judicial source.
Abdel Maksoud said that only around 10 family members and close Morsi confidants were present at the funeral, including himself.
