Compiled photo of journalists assaulted on Mondayجريمةالاعتداءعلىالصحفيينفىنقابةالصيادلةيتحملمسئوليتهامحيعبيدنقيبالصيادلةشخصيا .مأساةأنتكونالمقاعدالنقابيةفىحمايةالبلطجة . — Khaled Salah (@Youm7Khaled) December 18, 2018CAIRO - 20 December 2018:Medical Syndicates Union member Ehab Heikal announced suspending his participation in the meetings of the union in light of the recent assaults on a number of journalists inside the Pharmacist Syndicate headquarters on Monday.The Medical Syndicates Union encompasses Pharmacists, Dentists, Medical and Veterinaries Syndicates. "Security personnel at the Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate assaulted four journalists and took their phones, including Mohamed el-Garnoussi and Atef Badr from Al-Masry al-Yom, EsraaSoliman from Al-Watan and Aya Debes from Youm7. A security guard of the syndicate was subsequently arrested and detained for four days pending investigation.Writer and CEO of Youm7 Khaled Salah condemned the "crime" committed against the journalists, and held Ebeid responsible for the attack. Salah also called on pharmacists to confront such barbarism.The Press Syndicate denounced the assault of four journalists and the detention of 15 others inside the Pharmacists Syndicate while covering the syndicate's election.

Source: Egypt Today December 20, 2018 08:37 UTC