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Egypt’s Morsi says attempts were made to poison him in prison

Saturday, 08 August 2015 5:57 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 08 August 2015 6:00 PM ]

A file picture taken on June 2, 2015 shows ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi gesturing from the defendants cage as he attends a trial at the police academy on the outskirts of the capital, Cairo. (AFP photo)

Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi has reportedly suggested that an attempt had been made to poison him inside the prison where he is held.

Morsi said Saturday that he refused to eat the prison food that was given to him on July 21 and 22 lest he would be poisoned.

“Had I eaten it, a crime would have occurred,” said Morsi during the court proceedings that resumed earlier in the day over charges of leaking classified documents against Morsi.

The ousted Egyptian president said there had been at least five incidents during which attempts were made that could have seriously threatened his life had they succeeded.

He also called on the court to provide him access to doctors as he claimed he was suffering from low blood sugar levels.

The first democratically elected president of Egypt, Mosi was ousted in July 2013 by then army chief and current President Abd al-Fattah el-Sisi.

Last month, the court sentenced the leading member of the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death over espionage and jailbreak. Morsi and his supporters have rejected the charges are politically motivated.

Since Morsi’s fall from power, which came only one year after he took office and replaced long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has been grappling with a large-scale turmoil, with the government intensifying a crackdown on dissent.

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