One version of the story holds that Amer was approached at his house on 13 September by high-ranking Egyptian officers and was given a choice: to stand trial for treason, which would inevitably have ended with his conviction and execution, or to die an honorable death by taking poison. Amer chose the latter option and received a full military burial. Anwar Al Sadat, who later became President of Egypt, expressed his opinion that if he was in Amer's position, he would have done the same soon after the Six-Day War.