a journalist for the french sunday liberation , christophe boltanski , was attacking on weekend by several policemen in a street of algiers , where he was reporting on the repression of human rights figures . he was badly beaten and stabbed with a spear in the throat by four unnamed assailants near his hotel in the court precinct . boltanski was also hit in the face by pepper blow . he yelled for shelter , but the policemen on guard behind the small czech airport did not react , according to liberation .
a french writer was stabbed in belgium .