Muslim Brotherhood supporters, jihadists label Morsi a ‘martyr’

June 19, 2019   

(IPT) Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s death Monday during a court hearing triggered immediate, often predictable reactions.

The Muslim Brotherhood, which Morsi spent his life serving, accused Egypt’s military rulers of killing him. U.S. Brotherhood-linked groups and individuals followed suit, describing Morsi as a martyr killed by the state.

Egypt’s Interior Ministry is on high alert in the wake of Morsi’s death.

Morsi complained of feeling unwell during his appearance in a Cairo courtroom on Monday and died of an apparent heart attack shortly after. He quietly was buried Tuesday.

“A blatant murder will not change the features of everyone’s confusion in front of the shock of news and there being no hurry to issue news about the circumstances of his death,” Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Abbas Kabari wrote on the Brotherhood’s website, IkhwanOnline.

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