An Egyptian rally to protest against sexual harassment ended when the participants were attacked and groped by a group of men, the Associated Press has reported.
Around 50 women, surrounded by male supporters, turned out for the demonstration on Friday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, holding placards which declared that “harassment is barbaric“. But a mob of hundreds of men overwhelmed the supporters and began to heckle and grope the women.
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