Ten arrested for assaulting women at new years eve. 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. 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. Spate of new years eve sex attacks in berlin and cologne.
Germans reconsider welcoming refugees after new years. 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. The twoway in berlin, authorities are taking extra security measures ahead of new year s celebrations. Germany takes steps to guard women against sexual assault. Four men have been convicted of crimes related to the new year s eve assaults. Germany shocked by cologne new year gang assaults on women. 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. 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. The 20152016 new year s eve celebrations in several german cities were rocked by a wave of sex attacks and assaults. Germany takes steps to guard women against sexual assault as they ring in new year. The estimates are that there were between 500 to 1,000 attackers, and the early indications are that their efforts were coordinated.
They were identifiedin keeping with german privacy lawas issam d. 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. Four men have been convicted of crimes related to the new year s eve assaults, and more trials are underway. 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. 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. According to police, the series of assaults in one of the citys busiest thoroughfares represented a completely new dimension of crime. New years eve sexual assaults in germany infogalactic. German authorities investigating three in connection with. 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. Leaked report confirms the staggering number of sexual crimes in cities.
Mass sexual assaults on new years eve in cologne add fuel to. 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. 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. On thursday, a court in cologne sentenced two men in the new year s eve assaults. 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. 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. Sexual assaults in germany on new years eve spark debate.
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. There was a heightened police presence in cologne this year picture. 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. Berlin police tweeted monday that so far unfortunately occasional sexual assaults were reported. New year s eve assaults renew german tensions over migrants. 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. Refugee rape mobs on new years eve were a hoax, say. 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. 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. Germany confirms asylum seekers are suspected in new year. 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. Fireworks thrown at police and 14 women sexually assaulted. Women in other european cities were the targets of sex attacks on new years eve, similar to a spate of apparently coordinated sexual assaults. Germany rattled by new years eve sex assaults by arab.
New years eve sex assaults also reported in finland. 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. Ap there were a number of sexual assaults at new years eve. New years eve sex assaults also reported in finland, sweden and austria. Germany was hoping for a sexual assault free new years eve but that didnt quite work out. German authorities investigating three in connection with new years eve assaults incidents have added fuel to debate over influx of migrants into the country. German police work to track down who is responsible for a massive assault on women during nyes celebrations in cologne, germany. In many of the incidents, women out in the street had been surrounded and assaulted by groups of men. Over 1,200 victims of nye assaults across germany state. 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. Police seek suspects in cologne nye sexual assaults youtube. More than 120 criminal complaints have been filed by women in cologne who say they were subjected to public sexual assault or. 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. 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.
Police secure the schlossplatz square in stuttgart, germany, on new years eve. New years sex assaults add fuel to refugee debate in germany. Parallels police in cologne are investigating reports of sexual assaults that occurred during new year s eve celebrations. New year welcomes german safe zones, more sexual assaults. Mass sexual assaults on new years eve in cologne add fuel. 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. Why did the media ignore the sexual assaults in germany. German mps to discuss new years eve sexual attacks news. Some 1,000 men are alleged to have carried out dozens of sexual crimes on new year s eve in the city of cologne. The police reported that they found video footage of assaults on new years eve on their mobile phones. For almost five days, the new year s eve attacks went unreported by the majority of germanys mainstream media. The bundeskriminalamt german federal criminal police has in july. A minister described these events as a completely new. Only two men convicted after 1,200 sexual assaults in.
Why we cant stay silent on germanys mass sex assaults. News string of new year s eve sexual assaults outrages cologne. 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. 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. 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. Police in the western german city of cologne responded on monday to outrage over a string of sexual crimes over new years eve. New years eve sexual assaults in germany crime scene. The german justice minister, heiko mass, vowed to find the men who carried out the assaults on women in cologne on new years eve. 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. All of the incidents involved women being surrounded and assaulted by. How to deal with the new years eve sexual assaults in. What we know about the alleged mass german sex assaults.
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