Sex attacks against women in Tahrir Square alarm rights groups

Sat 2 Feb, 2013 12:27 AM IST - 1:21 | 9 views

A growing number of sex attacks against women protesting in Cairo’s Tahrir Square has alarmed rights groups in the city. During a recent mass demonstration as many as 30 women suffered harassment and abuse, with one woman sexually assaulted with a knife. The attacks follow a similar pattern. Women are isolated and surrounded by groups of men who grope and abuse them, then attempt to remove their clothes. Reports suggest such attacks are well planned and the mobs that carry them out are paid in orde