'Dead' man stuns mourners by waking up at funeral

A 'dead' man stunned mourners when he woke up during his funeral in southern Egypt on Friday, British national newspaper The Daily Mail reported.

Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi, a waiter from the town of Naga al-Simman in Luxor, was pronounced dead by hospital workers after suffering a sudden heart attack at work.

However, when the body of the 28-year-old was being prepared for burial as per Islamic tradition, a doctor who was sent to sign the death certificate discovered he was still warm.

The doctor then tried to resuscitate al-Nubi and succeeded, thus turning the funeral into a celebration.