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Lara Logan on Egypt Assault: They Were 'Merciless'

CBS reporter discusses attack for first time in interview

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 28, 2011 3:38 PM CDT

(Newser) – CBS reporter Lara Logan is determined that the sexual assault she endured in Egypt's Tahrir Square will not "define" her, she tells the New York Times. She will talk more about the attack on Sunday's 60 Minutes, then stop giving interviews about it. The details are rough: “For an extended period of time, they raped me with their hands,” says Logan, who estimates 200 to 300 men took part before she was rescued after 40 minutes. "My clothes were torn to pieces."

She did not go into more detail on the February assault, other than to say, “What really struck me was how merciless they were. They really enjoyed my pain and suffering. It incited them to more violence.” Egyptians who were with Logan tried to get her out of there when they heard men start talking about attacking her. It was too late. "That was literally the moment the mob set on me.” Click for more, including Logan's belief she would be killed.

In this Feb. 11 photo released by CBS, "60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan is shown in Cairo's Tahrir Square. (AP Photo/CBS News)

Lara Logan in a 2008 file photo. (Getty Images)

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thesmartboomer

Apr 29, 2011 1:51 PM CDT

The next time you stroll into Compton wearing gold and diamond jewelry with $50 hanging out of your pocket, don't be pissed when you get robbed. Will someone tell this idiot to stop crying, to the media no less? If it was so awful, you shouldn't be telling everyone about it. I almost felt bad for the lady until she tried to use such an awful situation to do the exact opposite of what she said - to "not define her". Going on 60 minutes and talking about it is nothing but a grab for a newsdesk anchor job with a nice paycheck (although, I can't really say she doesn't deserve it at this point).

BobbyRicigliano

Apr 29, 2011 1:02 PM CDT

I like how the muslims say these criminals were just the 'fringe'...but there were 200-300 of them in one spot raping her.

MDD

Apr 29, 2011 7:58 AM CDT

Stay the Fu*k home!

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