Lara Logan, CBS Reporter, Sexually Assaulted in Egypt

 

Moments after Hosni Mubarak officially stepped down, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Lara Logan was sexually assaulted and beaten after she was surrounded by an angry mob of more than 200 people. Logan and her crew were working for "60 Minutes" in Tahrir Square when Lara was separated from her security team.

CBS says 39-year-old Logan "suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers. [Logan] reconnected with the CBS team, returned to her hotel and returned to the United States on the first flight the next morning. She is currently in the hospital recovering."

Logan and her team had been detained by Egyptian police 8 days before the sexual assault -- and Logan had reported, "We were accused of being more than journalists, very frightening suggestions were being made. Suggestions that really could be very dangerous for us."

This is so heartbreaking! Our heartfelt condolences go out to Lara, the CBS team and their friends and family.

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1 Comment

  1. NewsCollective

    Let this not happen to anyone else either journalist or any other women, Lets fight back against cruel treatment of women
    http://www.newscollective.com/blog/?p=3729

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