By ANTARA News/DPA
Baghdad : Militants injured a French reporter early Saturday in the city of Erbil, some 350 kilometres north of Baghdad, after attempting to rob and sexually abuse her in a hotel in the city, media reports said.
Militants attacked French reporter Ceisen Emy Bonne, 33, in Horman hotel, police sources told Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency.
They had tried to rob and sexually assault the journalist and struck her in the chest when she resisted.
Police have detained the hotel staff, but the management has declined to comment on the incident, VOI said.