How did Hassan al-Banna die in 1949?

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Founder of the Muslim Brotherood — Muslim Brotherhood Hassan al-Banna, a schoolteacher in Ismailia, Egypt, founded the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 as an attempt to modernize Islamic society.

Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, was assassinated in Cairo in February 1949. His death occurred shortly after the assassination of Egyptian Prime Minister Maḥmūd Fahmī al-Nuqrāshī in December 1948, an act for which members of the Brotherhood were implicated.12

Historical accounts indicate that al-Banna’s assassination was carried out with the connivance of the Egyptian government. Many observers believe that his killing was orchestrated at the behest of the state as a response to the growing political threat posed by him and his followers.132