A young female journalist was gang-raped during violent mass protests in Egypt on a night that saw 44 sickening attacks on women.

Five men attacked the 22-year-old Dutch woman in Tahrir Square, Cairo, leaving her in a “severe condition” and needing surgery.

Reports also claimed a grandmother and a seven-year-old child were sexually assaulted.

The Dutch woman is thought to have been an intern taking pictures of the protests for an Egyptian news organization.

The attack comes just two years after a leading US reporter was molested by gangs of men while covering demonstrations in the same sqaure.

Read more at The Sun.