Mob molests top journalist of CBS
New York, Feb. 16: Ms Lara Logan, top CBS News foreign correspondent, suffered a brutal sexual assault at the hands of a mob in Egypt while covering the downfall of former president, Mr Hosni Mubarak, the network said on Tuesday.
Ms Logan was in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square on Friday, the day Mr Mubarak stepped down, and was separated from her crew in the crowd, the US television network said in a statement.
“She and her team and their security were surrounded by dangerous elements amidst the celebration. It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into a frenzy,” CBS said. She “was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers.” She was flown to the United States the next day and “is currently in the hospital recovering”, it said.
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