Lara Logan Beaten With Flagpoles, Fists

Harsh new details of Lara Logan's attack in Cairo: The CBS reporter was stripped and battered with fists and makeshift flagpoles, reports the Times of London, via the Daily Mail. She was pinched so hard by her attackers that the red marks that covered her body were initially thought to be bites. “The psychological trauma is as bad as, if not worse than, the physical injuries,” said a friend. Still, “Lara is getting better daily."

After Logan and her crew were separated, soldiers attempted to rescue her, but she reportedly fell, the Australian notes. She was attacked for 30 minutes, sources say, amid shouts of "Israeli" and "Jew." She was finally rescued by a group of women and about 20 soldiers, and was then taken to the Four Seasons, where she was treated and sedated. Despite the experience, friends expect her to return to the Middle East. Click for more on Lara Logan. (More Lara Logan stories.)