Post-Dispatch reporter recovering after attack while covering Ferguson

While covering the Ferguson protests Sunday night, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Paul Hampel was beaten and robbed by a group of attackers.

“I got swarmed, beaten down really bad,” he said.

Attackers approached from behind, punched him in the face, hit him in the head at least three times and kicked him in the back of the head when he was on the ground, Hampel said.

The attackers took his phone and wallet and left. Hampel suffered a concussion in the attack.

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