The report said he had health complications but offered no other details.
State television said Mubarak died at a Cairo hospital where he had undergone an unspecified surgery. The Arab Spring protests convulsed regimes across the Middle East. The acquittal stunned many Egyptians, thousands of whom poured into central Cairo to show their anger against the court.
Mubarak was jailed for years after the 2001 uprising, but was freed in 2017 after being acquitted of most charges. Mubarak’s coffin will be air lifted from the mosque where the funeral will be held to the burial grounds, state television reported. Egypt’s top military officials are expected to attend the funeral in an eastern suburb of Cairo, but it was not clear if President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi would do so. Keep reading list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Obituary: Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s longest-serving president list 2 of 3 Egypt: Court upholds Mubarak and sons’ corruption convictions list 3 of 3 Mubarak walks free after six-year detention in Egypt end of listĮgypt will bury its former president on Wednesday after a military funeral in the capital Cairo.
