Senior Muslim Brotherhood official dies in Egypt jail
Prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader, Essam El-Erian, died today in the notorious Scorpion Prison, south of Cairo, at the age of 66, according to several sources. Local media, including Al-Youm Al-Sabe’ and El-Watan newspapers, reported that El-Erian died after suffering a heart attack in his prison cell in Tora Prison – which is also known as Scorpion Prison. The BBC quoted El-Erian’s lawyer, whose name was not mentioned, saying authorities informed […]
