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Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi buried in Cairo

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Former top figure of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Morsi, collapsed and died in court a few minutes after making a speech.


Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi was buried on Tuesday in eastern Cairo, one of his lawyers told AFP, a day after he collapsed in court and died.

"He was buried in Medinat Nasr, in eastern Cairo, with his family present. The funeral prayer was said in Tora prison hospital" where he was declared dead on Monday, his lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksoud said.

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