During the 2016 new year s eve celebrations, hundreds of sexual assaults including groping, numerous thefts, and at least five rapes were reported in germany, mainly in cologne city centre. German chancellor angela merkel voices outrage at the sexual assaults and thefts that male gangs inflicted on women in cologne on new year s eve. New year s eve assaults renew german tensions over migrants. Although on a smaller scale to the unrestrained and unpoliced sex attacks in cologne, the berliner morgenpost has now reported on assaults taking place. Berlin german chancellor angela merkel voiced outrage tuesday at a series of sexual assaults in the western city of cologne on new year s eve, saying the perpetrators need to be found as soon as. A federal criminal police agency bka inquiry into the widespread new year s eve sexual assaults uncovered 900 cases of sexual crimes with over 1,200 victims, german media reported on. Germany was hoping for a sexual assault free new years eve but that didnt quite work out. Berlin, cologne, hamburg, stuttgart, dusseldorf new year. Two years ago on new years eve, a leaked document showed that throughout germany, police reported on january 1, 20152016 1,200 women were sexually assaulted and they estimate that at least 2,000 men were involved, acting in gangs. According to police, the series of assaults in one of the citys busiest thoroughfares represented a completely new dimension of crime. A spate of sexual assaults allegedly by middle eastern and north african men on new year s eve in cologne has sparked a political firestorm in germany. Germany confirms asylum seekers are suspected in new year. For almost five days, the new year s eve attacks went unreported by the majority of germanys mainstream media.
German authorities need to find out urgently whether the new years eve attacks across the country were linked to more than 500 mob assaults. Four men have been convicted of crimes related to the new year s eve assaults, and more trials are underway. New year s eve sexual assaults in germany new year s eve sexual assaults in europe attacks also took place in austria, switzerland, and finland. New years eve sex assaults also reported in finland. The sharper tone follows reports in cologne that some 1,000 men many intoxicated robbed, sexually assaulted and in some cases raped women during celebrations on new year s eve. The estimates are that there were between 500 to 1,000 attackers, and the early indications are that their efforts were coordinated. German authorities investigating three in connection with new years eve assaults incidents have added fuel to debate over influx of migrants into the country. Women in other european cities were the targets of sex attacks on new years eve, similar to a spate of apparently coordinated sexual assaults. Footage shows nye chaos in cologne as assault allegations emerge footage shot outside colognes main station on new year s eve and into the early parts of new year s day shows the chaotic celebrations that took place as revellers saw in 2016. German pundits and socialmedia users have accused the cologne police of covering up both the extent of the new years eve assaults and the violences links to asylum seekers and refugees. News string of new year s eve sexual assaults outrages cologne. Berlin police tweeted monday that so far unfortunately occasional sexual assaults were reported. Cologne inquiry into coordinated new years eve sex.
On thursday, a court in cologne sentenced two men in the new year s eve assaults. During the 201516 public new year s eve s celebrations in germany, over 1,250 women in at least twelve cities reportedly have been sexually assaulted with 24 of them raped, in most cases by men with noneuropean background. The twoway in berlin, authorities are taking extra security measures ahead of new year s celebrations. Fireworks thrown at police and 14 women sexually assaulted. Spate of new years eve sex attacks in berlin and cologne. Only two men convicted after 1,200 sexual assaults in. New year welcomes german safe zones, more sexual assaults. More than 1,500 women are believed to have been subjected to horrifying sexual assaults including 24 cases of alleged rape across german cities last new years eve.
Four men have been convicted of crimes related to the new year s eve assaults. Over 1,200 victims of nye assaults across germany state. Germany takes steps to guard women against sexual assault. There was a heightened police presence in cologne this year picture. A string of sex assaults and robberies during new year s celebrations in germany has fuelled debate about the countrys ability to integrate large numbers of. Sexual assaults in germany on new years eve spark debate. The 20152016 new year s eve celebrations in several german cities were rocked by a wave of sex attacks and assaults. Some 1,000 men are alleged to have carried out dozens of sexual crimes on new year s eve in the city of cologne. A minister described these events as a completely new. Refugee rape mobs on new year s eve were a hoax, say german police reports of mass new year s eve sexual assaults by refugees in frankfurt, germany, are completely baseless.
A new years eve crowd of about 1,000 men gathered on the plaza in front of the citys main train station, according to police and witnesses. More than 120 criminal complaints have been filed by women in cologne who say they were subjected to public sexual assault or. On new years eve, as revelers worldwide gathered to celebrate the arrival of 2016, the city of cologne, germany, was beset by a rash of assaults and robberies. New years sex assaults add fuel to refugee debate in germany.
Germany shocked by cologne new year gang assaults on women. Mass sexual assaults on new years eve in cologne add fuel to. Berlin the german authorities on friday tied asylum seekers for the first time to the wave of violent assaults on women in cologne on new years eve as debate intensified over whether the. Ten arrested for assaulting women at new years eve. Reports of an unprecedented number of new year s eve assaults targeting women in the german city of cologne have rattled the country, sparking protests and. What we know about the alleged mass german sex assaults. The mass attack on women in the middle of the city around cologne central station on new year s eve was an intolerable situation, chief of police wolfgang albers told reporters so far the authorities have received 60 complaints. On new years eve in the german city of cologne, groups of drunk and aggressive men surrounded them in the town centre, groping and mugging them.
The mayor of cologne has summoned police for crisis talks after about 80 women reported sexual assaults and muggings by men on new year s eve. The bundeskriminalamt german federal criminal police has in july. Ap there were a number of sexual assaults at new years eve. German capital city berlin has joined the sad parade of cities touched by migrant sex violence on new years eve, with hundreds of assaults now reported to police in cologne and other cities. Parallels police in cologne are investigating reports of sexual assaults that occurred during new year s eve celebrations. Why we cant stay silent on germanys mass sex assaults. Germans reconsider welcoming refugees after new years. German police have recorded a number of sexual assaults on new years eve in berlin and cologne, as focus on the event continues following the mass sex assaults of 2016. A demonstrator holds a sign in german that reads no violence against women during a demonstration in the wake of the sexual assaults on new year s eve, outside the cathedeal in cologne, germany. New years eve sexual assaults in germany infogalactic. German mps to discuss new years eve sexual attacks news. Why did the media ignore the sexual assaults in germany.
The crowd, which consisted of around 1,000 men, attacked people in the city center in what albers described as a crime of a whole new. Police secure the schlossplatz square in stuttgart, germany, on new years eve. New years eve sex assaults also reported in finland, sweden and austria. New years eve sex assaults also reported in finland, sweden and austria women in other major european cities were the targets of sex attacks on new years eve, similar to a spate of co. German police are investigating reports that scores of women were sexually assaulted and mugged in cologne city centre during new years eve celebrations, in what a minister called a. How to deal with the new years eve sexual assaults in. German authorities investigating three in connection with. Refugee rape mobs on new years eve were a hoax, say. Police seek suspects in cologne nye sexual assaults youtube. Germany takes steps to guard women against sexual assault as they ring in new year. The police reported that they found video footage of assaults on new years eve on their mobile phones. The german justice minister, heiko mass, vowed to find the men who carried out the assaults on women in cologne on new years eve.
Mass sexual assaults on new years eve in cologne add fuel. Germany rattled by new years eve sex assaults by arab. More than 1,200 people fell victim to attacks on new years eve in four german cities with more than a half of them suffering from sexual assaults, state interior minister ralf jager said in his report to the regional parliament. In many of the incidents, women out in the street had been surrounded and assaulted by groups of men. Police in the western german city of cologne responded on monday to outrage over a string of sexual crimes over new years eve. For any woman, the sight must have been terrifying. Leaked report confirms the staggering number of sexual crimes in cities. Sexual assaults in germany and the debate over refugees the alleged assault of dozens of women in cologne on new years eve by as many as 1,000 men of arab or north african origin has.
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