Former MP Abdel Nasser al-Gabry died on Tuesday afternoon at the International Medical Center in Cairo, suffering from an advanced form of cancer.
Gabry was one of 25 Mubarak regime figures currently being tried for funding and planning a bloody attack by camel and horse riders on pro-democracy protesters on 2 February, during the 18-day uprising that ended the rule of former President Hosni Mubarak.
The assault was publicly known as the Battle of the Camel.
Gabry was arrested on 11 March when investigators discovered his reported involvement in the attack. He spent most of his detention in Tora prison, south of Cairo, but was later hospitalized in May when his health deteriorated.
Other defendants in the case include former People’s Assembly Speaker Fathi Sorour, former Shura Council Speaker Safwat al-Sherif, former Manpower and Immigration Minister Aisha Abdel Hady, and several former members of the previously-ruling National Democratic Party.
The trial sessions will resume on 8 October.
