14 April,2011 07:20 AM IST | | Agencies
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's health deteriorated last night hours after he and his two sons were placed under 15-day detention in an inquiry into violence against protesters.
The official news agency reported that the 82-year-old in police custody in a Red Sea resort hospital was in an "unstable" condition after suffering a heart attack while being questioned by prosecutors.
Hosni Mubarak
His two sons, Gamal and Alaa, were transferred late yesterday from Sharm el-Sheikh courthouse to a Cairo prison.
Mubarak's "health condition is unstable, and he is under observation", said a hospital source.
The former president will turn 83 this May and his overall health profile is frail.
In 2004 Mubarak underwent a crucial back surgery in Munich and in 2010 it was announced that he would undergo gallbladder surgery.
