Dramatic footage emerged this weekend of western journalists caught up in a hotel brawl in Tripoli after a Libyan woman burst in announcing she had been raped by government troops.
The scene descended into chaos when the journalists tried to intervene to protect the woman and were pushed out of the way by the government minders.
A British television reporter was punched and a CNN camera was smashed on the ground by the minders. A gun was pulled out in front of a Sky News crew but was not pointed at anyone.
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Meanwhile the cameras continued to roll and journalists tried to smuggle the footage out but said attempts were made to prevent this.
Sky News foreign affairs correspondent Lisa Holland was among the reporters caught up in the melee, but Sky said none of its staff were injured.
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