France 24 television a reporter, "savage attack" Cairo liberation Square (Tahrir Square) nearby the crowd was seized, in the network said last Saturday. This is the latest in the epicenter of Egypt's unrest protest cases of violence against women.
News channel, said in a statement, sonja Dridi Friday 10 at night about 30 points attacks on the square protest live on television, later rescued colleagues and other witnesses. France 24 attack did not disclose further details, but it said, its employees safety, health, although the "shocked", and to not designated attackers will bring a lawsuit.
The network receiving state of the money, but has editorial independence, and said, it and the French embassy Dridi work to bring back to France.
"Frightened damage, wrote:" Dridi in France, in her Twitter page on Saturday. With reference to the English colleagues, she chirps: "due to () ashrafkhalil protect me (hash) liberation the night. The mobile phone is quite fierce. From release hands thanks to him, I escaped out."
ASHLEY Ralph chakib khelil said, who works with France 24 hour English service crowd in him and Dridi, and they were on the streets of liberation, in the report. He said, attack and rescue took about an hour and a half, but feel like long a lot.
"The crowd surged, and then crazy, this is my basically keep in a bear hug her, his arms around her, face to face," he told the Associated Press, it is estimated that at least 30 people participate in. "It's hard to say who is to help and grope for her."
Chakib khelil said, they retreat to a fast food restaurant, metal door, let her go out the attacker coverage. And he said, they crowds to cars, some people, because it with a bang, swagger off. Their goods was stolen, he said.
"This does not think organizations or targeted feels desultorily," he said. "I feel very angry. I love liberation, I have a lot of nostalgic liberation, I was angry, I know that this is the first time this happens, it happens in others, I know, but, this is a shocked."
Liberation Square (Tahrir Square) is a popular uprising and the overthrow of the long-term Egyptian leaders mubarak last year's main terminal. Since then, it has seen many other protest range of group.
In the uprising against hosni mubarak height, lara Logan, an American television network CBS reporter, sexual assault and beating in the liberation Square (Tahrir Square). Later, she said, she believes that she will die. After the rescue, Logan back to the United States, and in the hospital for four days.
The square appeared to increase women's attack, because the demonstrators back to this summer, the new assembly, the attacker stripping women - two men with demonstrators and journalists event - their clothes.
There are no official statistics the existence of women in the square to attack, because the police not to a nearby area, women rarely such event submit formal report, but activists and protesters report said, increase the women's attack. While the sexual harassment is new Egypt, doubt can be found everywhere, many recent attack held various protest rival offer people away from.
Amnesty international in a report said, on June appear such attacks, threatening women and prevent them from full participation in public life. London-based rights group called on Egyptian authorities report, the women's sexual assault, to counter the impression that no one would be punished.
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