Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reported clinically dead
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is clinically dead, according to reports. He was 84.
?Former president Hosni Mubarak has clinically died following his arrival at Maadi military hospital on Tuesday evening,? Egyptian news agency MENA said, quoting medical sources.
?Mubarak?s heart stopped beating and was subjected to a defibrillator several times but did not respond.?
Reuters however is citing two security sources and reporting that Mubarak is unconscious and on a respirator, not clinically dead.
Mubarak ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years, steering the nation through the turmoil that swept a Middle East buffeted by wars, terrorism and religious extremism. But the war hero and savior of his country died as a criminal convicted for his role in the deaths of those fighting to oust him.
Mubarak?s health had been failing since he was sentenced to life in prison on June 2, after he was convicted of failing to prevent the killing of protesters in a February 2011 uprising against his rule.
Doctors at the prison hospital used a defibrillator twice on June 11 after they could not find a pulse on the deposed leader.
More details on his death or funeral arrangements are not yet available.
