CBS Correspondent Was Raped in Egypt, Says Broadcaster

by lmonline in History, February 16, 2011

In a statement, says Lara Logan station ’suffered brutal attack "last Friday.
Team was surrounded by the celebration when he covered the fall of Mubarak.

While covering the execution by the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, last Friday (11), the U.S. network CBS correspondent Lara Logan, was surrounded by a ”dangerous element” in the middle of the crowd in celebration, was separated from the team, beaten and sexually assaulted, said the station on their website.

“In the crowd, she was separated from the team. She was surrounded and suffered a brutal beating and sexual assault before being rescued by a group of women and about20 Egyptian soldiers, “the statement said. It said there were about 200 people in the middle of the party where he was the team that made an entry for the program ”60Minutes. “

Our correspondent says the note, the team reunited, returned to the hotel and the U.S. in the first flight the next morning. ”She is now recovering in a hospital.”

“There will be no further comment from CBS correspondent and Logan and his family respectfully ask for privacy at this time, “ it said.

Chief correspondent for CBS News, Lara Logan was one of about 140 journalists who had suffered some kind of aggression or were killed while covering the popular uprising in Egypt, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, U.S.

CBS Correspondent Was Raped in Egypt, Says Broadcaster

In a statement, says Lara Logan station ’suffered brutal attack "last Friday. Team was surrounded by the celebration when he covered the fall of Mubarak.

In a statement, says Lara Logan station ’suffered brutal attack "last Friday.
Team was surrounded by the celebration when he covered the fall of Mubarak.