Reputed spy for Israel dies in a fall
From Times Wire Reports
The son-in-law of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, named by Israeli officials as a source for the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, died in London. The Egyptian state news agency MENA quoted police as saying Ashraf Marwan had fallen from the balcony of his home.
Marwan, 62, was married to Nasser’s daughter Mona.
London police confirmed that an Egyptian in his 60s had died and was understood to have fallen from a balcony, but declined to name him.
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