"15 February 2011
Senior CBS correspondent Lara Logan is recovering in hospital in the US after she was beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob while covering the Egyptian protests, the US network says.
It says the attack occurred on Friday in Cairo's packed Tahrir Square after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down.
Ms Logan became separated from her crew and was rescued by women and soldiers.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has said 52 journalists were assaulted and 76 detained during events in Egypt.
The New York-based group said all of them had since been released.
'Courageous reporter'
In a statement, CBS said that Ms Logan and her team became "surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration" with a mob of more than 200 people "whipped into a frenzy".
It said Ms Logan was recovering following what it described as "a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating".
A group of women and an estimated 20 soldiers managed to save her after she became separated from her colleagues and security, it added....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12476771
Senior CBS correspondent Lara Logan is recovering in hospital in the US after she was beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob while covering the Egyptian protests, the US network says.
It says the attack occurred on Friday in Cairo's packed Tahrir Square after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down.
Ms Logan became separated from her crew and was rescued by women and soldiers.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has said 52 journalists were assaulted and 76 detained during events in Egypt.
The New York-based group said all of them had since been released.
'Courageous reporter'
In a statement, CBS said that Ms Logan and her team became "surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration" with a mob of more than 200 people "whipped into a frenzy".
It said Ms Logan was recovering following what it described as "a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating".
A group of women and an estimated 20 soldiers managed to save her after she became separated from her colleagues and security, it added....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12476771
