Senior CBS correspondent Lara Logan is recovering in hospital in the United States after being beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob while covering the Egyptian protests, the American network has said.
The attack took place 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 a group of women and soldiers.
CBS said in a statement that Ms Logan and her team had been surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebrations, with a mob of more than 200 people whipped into a frenzy. It described the incident as a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating.
The 39-year-old South African, who serves as CBS News' chief foreign affairs correspondent and has reported from Iraq and Afghanistan, returned to the United States on Saturday.
The Committee to Protect Journalists called the attack alarming, describing Ms Logan as a brilliant, courageous and committed reporter. In its annual report issued on Tuesday, the group said Pakistan was the deadliest country for journalists in 2010, with eight killed while doing their job out of 44 worldwide, and that the number of jailed reporters had risen to 145.
