Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been freed from detention, six years after being overthrown.

Mr Mubarak left a military hospital in southern Cairo and went to his home in the northern suburb of Heliopolis, his lawyer said.

He was ordered freed earlier this month after Egypt’s top appeals court cleared him over the deaths of protesters in the 2011 uprising BBC reports.

Mr Mubarak, 88, became president in 1981 after Anwar Sadat’s assassination </s> Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was freed Friday after a six-year imprisonment following his overthrow during the Arab Spring. Mubarak was released from a military hospital in Maadi and is now back at his home in a Cairo suburb, his attorney, Farid El Deeb, told CNN. </s> Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was freed Friday morning after six years in detention. His lawyers say he has left a military hospital where he has essentially been under house arrest. </s> On Friday, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was released after serving six years in prison following the overthrow of his regime during the 2011 Arab Spring.

Mubarak, 88, was released from a military hospital — where he has been treated for heart and stomach conditions — and sent to his home in a Cairo suburb, CNN reported.

In June 2012, Mubarak was convicted of complicity in the killings of more than 800 anti-government protesters during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison. Five years later, on March 2, Egypt's top courts acquitted Mubarak's murder charges .

Mubarak served as the African country's 4th president for 30 years following the assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. His term was abruptly ended after widespread protests, originating from Tahir Square, forced him to resign.

Several Twitter users react to Mubarak's acquittal and release from detention: </s> Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been released after six years in detention.

Mubarak's lawyer said the former leader had left a military hospital in southern Cairo on March 24 and was back at his home in the northern Cairo suburb of Heliopolis.

Mubarak's release followed his being cleared earlier this month of the final murder accusation he faced as part of a series of charges ranging from corruption to killings.

Overthrown in 2011 after 30 years of rule, the 88-year-old Mubarak was the first Arab Spring leader to stand trial in his own country.

He was arrested in April 2011, two months after leaving office, and had been held in either prisons or military hospitals ever since.

Mubarak was convicted in 2012 for the deaths of protesters at the hands of security forces and sentenced to life in prison before an appeals court overturned the verdict.

Mubarak's overthrow was a symbol of the hope for democracy in the region that emerged from the Arab Spring uprisings.

However, after Mubarek's successor, Muhammad Morsi, won free elections that followed, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi toppled Morsi in 2013 following renewed mass street protests.

Based on reporting by BBC, Reuters and AP </s> The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been freed from detention, six years after being overthrown.

Mubarak left a military hospital in southern Cairo and went to his home in the affluent northern suburb of the capital called Heliopolis, his lawyer said.

He was ordered to be freed earlier this month after Egypt's top appeals court cleared him over the deaths of protesters in the 2011 uprising.

Mubarak's democratically elected successor, Mohamed Morsi, was overthrown in a popularly backed military coup in 2013. Many see echoes of Mubarak's style of leadership in Egypt's current leader, the former general Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Mubarak, 88, became president in 1981 after Anwar Sadat's assassination.

In all, more than 800 people are believed to have been killed as security forces clashed with protesters in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and other cities around Egypt during the 18-day uprising that forced Mubarak to resign.

His release came at around the same time that at least one person was killed and three more were injured after an explosion in the suburb of Maadi in Cairo.

Security services said that the cause of the blast was not immediately known. No claim of responsibility has been made. </s> Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was freed Friday morning after six years in detention. His lawyers say he has left a military hospital where he has essentially been under house arrest.

Deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been freed after being cleared of charges against him. As NPR's Jane Arraf reports, his lawyers say the 88-year-old left a military hospital this morning where he had essentially been under house arrest.

JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: Mubarak left the Cairo hospital early this morning - a free man for the first time in six years his lawyer Farid el-Deeb tells NPR. He's believed to have returned to his home in the upscale Cairo district of Heliopolis, the same neighborhood as the presidential palace where he governed from for 30 years. Mubarak was forced to step down when anti-government protests swept Egypt in 2011. It was part of the Arab Spring where young people and others across the region went out in the streets to demand better government and more freedom. Mubarak was arrested two months later on charges of corruption and ordering security forces to kill more than 200 protesters.

He served time for some of the corruption charges, but this month, the top appeals court ruled he was not guilty in ordering the killings. The former president isn't completely out of the clear. He faces potential charges on allegations he received gifts from a state-owned newspaper. But he's not expected to be taken back into custody unless he's convicted. Many Egyptians believed when Mubarak was overthrown their lives would be better. But it's been a tumultuous six years. The Muslim Brotherhood government was elected and then overthrown in a military coup, and Egyptians are struggling with the worst economic crisis in, years. Widespread arrests and a ban on protests around. Jane Arraf, NPR News, Cairo. </s> Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was acquitted Thursday by the Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest criminal court, on charges that he killed hundreds of protesters in 2011, according to state-run news agency Al-Ahram.

Mubarak, 88, served as president for three decades.

Developing story – more to come </s> Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was acquitted Thursday by the Court of Cassation, Egypt's highest criminal court, on charges that he killed hundreds of protesters in 2011, according to state-run news agency Al-Ahram.
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is released from detention in Cairo.