Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak 'clinically dead'

Former president Hosni Mubarak has clinically died following his arrival at Maadi military hospital on Tuesday evening. Mubarak's heart stopped beating and was subjected to a defibrillator several times but did not respond." Egyptian news agency MENA said, quoting medical sources. He was 84

Mubarak was “clinically dead” Tuesday after suffering a stroke, the state news agency reported, as a medical source said the ex-dictator was in a coma and had been put on a respirator.

On Tuesday evening, Egyptian state news agency MENA said the ousted leader had been pronounced clinically dead at a hospital he was transferred to following a stroke in prison.

“Hosni Mubarak is clinically dead,” the official news agency reported. “Medical sources told MENA his heart had stopped beating and did not respond to defibrillation.”