a journalism for the french daily nationalist , christophe boltanski , was attacked on street by several men in a street of cairo , where he was commenting on the repression of disability liberty activists . he was badly beaten and stabbed with a pistol in the back by four unidentified assailants near his hotel in the embassy district . boltanski was also hit in the face by pepper spray . he called for help , but the policemen on guards outside the nearby egyptian embassy did not react , prior to liberation .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.