Tahrir Square. Another live broadcast, another reporter attacked and groped by a mob. The French journalist Sonia Dridi was the target this time.
A mob of about 30 men has turned “crazy” and groped and robbed a French television journalist near Tahrir Square in Cairo, in the latest case of violence against women at the epicentre of Egypt’s protests.
She’s ok now, but it was frightening and nasty.
… Read the restAshraf Khalil, a colleague who works with France 24′s English language service, said the crowd was closing in on him and Dridi while they were doing live reports on a side street off Tahrir.
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Khalil said they retreated into a fast food restaurant called Hardee’s, which had a metal door,
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