THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A female CBS News correspondent is recovering in a US hospital from a sexual attack and beating she suffered while reporting on the tumultuous events in Egypt last week.Lara Logan, who has also worked for GMTV, was in the Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday after Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down when she, her team and their security "were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration," CBS said in a statement.
The network described a mob of more than 200 people "whipped into a frenzy."
Separated from her crew in the crush of the violent pack, she suffered what CBS called "a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating." She was rescued by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers, the network said.
Logan returned to the US on Saturday. >>> | Wednesday, February 16, 2011
THE GUARDIAN: Egyptian activists condemn brutal attack on CBS reporter in Tahrir Square: Serious assault on Lara Logan of CBS took place in middle of crowd at height of celebrations after Hosni Mubarak resigned >>> Jack Shenker in Cairo | Thursday, February 17, 2011
