Sonia Dridi from France 24 TV was
'savagely attacked' video Cairo's Tahrir Square
A correspondent for France 24 TV was
'savagely attacked' near Cairo's Tahrir Square after being seized by a
crowd, the network said on Saturday.
The
news channel said in a statement that Sonia Dridi was attacked around
10:30pm on Friday after a live broadcast on a protest at the square and
was later rescued by a colleague and other witnesses.
It was the latest case of violence against women at the epicenter of Egypt's restive protests.
Attacked: France 24 TV correspondent Sonia
Dridi, pictured, was 'savagely attacked' near Cairo's Tahrir Square
after being seized by a crowd
France 24 did not give further
details about the attack, but it said its employees were safe and sound,
though 'extremely shocked,' and that it will file lawsuits against the
assailants, who it didn't name.
The
network, which receives state funds but has editorial independence,
said it and the French Embassy were working to bring Dridi back to
France.
'More frightened than hurt,' wrote Dridi in French on her Twitter page on Saturday.
Referring in English to a colleague,
she tweeted: 'Thanks to @ashrafkhalil for protecting me in #Tahrir last
nite. Mob was pretty intense. thanks to him I escaped from the unleashed
hands.'
The woman, pictured, had just covered a protest in Egypt's Tahrir Square when she was surrounded by men
Saved: Dridi, pictured, said Ashraf Khalil, a correspondent for Time and France 24, kept her from being carried off
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