The wife of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi mourned her husband on Tuesday, describing him as a “martyr”.

Morsi, Egypt’s first freely-elected president, collapsed and died on Monday during a court appearance on “espionage” charges.

He was buried in eastern Cairo early Tuesday amid tight security in the presence of only his family members and lawyers.

“We consider my husband, President Mohamed Morsi as a martyr,” she said on Twitter.