Bizarre Video: Mubarek Thugs On Horseback Beat Up Anderson Cooper & CNN Crew
Video - Aired today on CNN
Cooper and his crew are among the crowd of protesters caught up in the melee.
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(Reuters) - CNN's Anderson Cooper said he and his crew were punched and kicked in Cairo on Wednesday by supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, but that they escaped with just scratches as anti-government protests turned deadly.
The incident occurred as supporters of Mubarak rushed a crowd of his detractors, charging on horses and camels and wielding sticks and petrol bombs. The anti-Mubarak protesters fought back by throwing rocks at their attackers.
Cooper told Reuters in a phone interview from Egypt that he and his CNN crew were walking through a crowd of Mubarak supporters heading toward the melee, when a man tried to grab their camera.
Members of the crowd punched and kicked Cooper in the head and body, and set upon the rest of the crew, including female producer Maryanne Fox, he said.
"We were moving quickly and a bunch of guys who hit us were also on the move, a lot of it was sort of glancing blows," Cooper said.
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Feb 2, 2011 at 4:33 PM
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