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CBS' Lara Logan Suffered Sexual Assault in Egypt

Journalist was separated from her crew before being rescued

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 15, 2011 3:39 PM CST
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(Newser) – CBS journalist Lara Logan was beaten and sexually assaulted while covering the aftermath of Hosni Mubarak's resignation speech, the network says. She is back in the US and recuperating in a hospital. Logan and her crew were covering the jubilation when they were "surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration," says the network. "In the crush of the mob, she was separated from her crew," reads the CBS statement.

"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 reconnected with the CBS team, returned to her hotel and returned to the United States on the first flight the next morning." Days earlier, Logan had been detained by Egyptian police, notes the Huffington Post. For more, click here.

A 2008 file photo of journalist Lara Logan.
A 2008 file photo of journalist Lara Logan.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
A 2008 file photo of journalist Lara Logan.
A 2008 file photo of journalist Lara Logan.   (Getty Images)
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NewsCollective
Mar 7, 2011 11:31 AM CST
the courage and bravery shown by lara logan is very much appreciable and the incident is not going to take her courage down http://www.newscollective.com/blog/?p=3729
NewsCollective
Mar 1, 2011 11:53 AM CST
It does not matter how deep you fall, what matters is how high you bounce back. We wish u to get well soon http://www.newscollective.com/blog/?p=3729
AlanVandeKop
Feb 18, 2011 6:45 PM CST
This is a sad story, & reading some of these comments it seems some never heard of Woodstock '99. Another side the bigots & the rest of us should remember was reported by AP: "Sexual harassment of women is an all-too-common occurrence on the streets of Cairo. But many women noted a complete absence of it in the early days of protests in Tahrir Square, where demonstrators made a point of trying to create a microcosm of the society without many of Egypt's social ills. "However, in the final days, and especially after the battles with pro-Mubarak gangs who attacked the protesters in Tahrir, women noticed sexual assault had returned to the square. On the day Mubarak fell, women reported being groped by the rowdy crowds. One witness saw a woman slap a man after he touched her. The man was then passed down a line of people who all slapped him and reprimanded him." Keep hope alive...

 
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