A mob of young men sexually assaulted and harassed dozens of women outside of colognes busy main train station on new year s eve. Cologne police accused of heavyhanded new years eve security. German federal police to coordinate efforts against mass sexual assault. Europes year from hell may be a sign of things to come. Hamburg police to deploy mass camera network to prevent new. Berlin at least 21 asylum seekers from the middle east and north africa are suspects in the new year s eve rampage of sexual assaults and thefts in the german city of cologne, authorities said. Year after cologne sex assaults, germany frets over. Sexual assaults in germany on new years eve spark debate. 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. The attackers were described by witnesses to police as an crowd of intoxicated men of arab or north african origin. The scale of sexual assault claims at new years eve events throughout germany has been revealed in leaked document, according to a. German police have described a series of sexual assaults against women in cologne on new years eve as a completely new dimension of crime.
German capital city berlin has joined the sad parade of cities touched by migrant sex violence on new year s eve, with hundreds of assaults now reported to police in cologne and other cities. Police in the western german city of cologne responded on monday to outrage over a string of sexual crimes over new year s eve. A member of flash mob protesting the new year s eve sexual assaults in cologne wears a sign reading, do not touch me. The article deals with the russian media coverage of sexual assaults against women during the 2016 new years eve celebrations in cologne. Cologne a german prosecutor is confirming the vast majority of suspects responsible for a rash outbreak of sexual assaults on new years eve are refugees.
What happened after 1,000 women were sexually assaulted in. Reports of new years eve sexual assaults feed into german. The alleged assault of dozens of women in cologne on new years eve by as many as men of arab or north african origin has sparked. A series of sexual assaults that night in stuttgart, cologne and other cities has raised concern about germanys. New years eve assaults also occurred in cities in sweden and finland, the ap reports. Cases of sexual assaults were unfortunately reported during welcome2018 events in berlin. Dec 31, 2017 germany takes steps to guard women against sexual assault as they ring in new year. Berlin police tweeted monday that so far unfortunately occasional sexual assaults were reported. During new years eve 201516, only one telephone call concerning sexual harassment, at 3. Cologne mayor condemns new years eve sexual assaults as. Migrants sexually assault 14 women and 1,000strong gang throw fireworks at police as chaos hits nye events across germany despite heightened security.
Mass robberies and sexual assaults on women on new year s eve have stirred bitter debate far beyond germanys borders. Several arrested in berlin, cologne over suspected sexual. Dec 15, 2016 year after cologne sex assaults, germany frets over rapefugees. German women report string of sexual assaults by arab and north african men mayor of cologne to investigate outrageous series of new year s eve. Leaked report confirms the staggering number of sexual crimes in cities. Germans reconsider welcoming refugees after new years. The measures will include a steppedup police presence and video surveillance during next months prelenten celebration of carnival, which attracts.
Colognes mayor calls crisis talks with police after about 80 women reported sexual assaults and mugging by men on new years eve. New year celebrations in the german city of cologne descended into chaos with a series of sexual assaults, including a rape. German mps to discuss new years eve sexual attacks news. Cologne sexual assaults at new years eve coordinated.
According to police, the series of assaults in one of the citys busiest thoroughfares represented a completely new dimension of crime. Germanys federal police have found that over sexual crimes were committed across germany on new years eve. Germany confirms asylum seekers are suspected in new year. In germany, the sexual attacks on women were considered by the.
German mps to discuss new year s eve sexual attacks. New years eve assaults renew german tensions over migrants. The higher figures came as german authorities were urged to find out whether the series of new year s eve sexual assaults and robberies in cologne were linked to similar crimes in other cities. Jan 02, 2017 german police say they prevent repeat of new year cologne 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. Attacks on women in cologne and other german cities on new years eve have prompted more than 600 criminal complaints, with police suspicion resting on asylum seekers, putting pressure on.
Parliament commission to question police about assaults reported in cologne as the number of complaints rises. German authorities need to find out urgently whether the new year s eve attacks across the country were linked to more than 500 mob assaults in cologne that have largely been blamed on. Berlin at least 21 asylum seekers from the middle east and north africa are suspects in the new year s eve rampage of sexual assaults and thefts in the german city of cologne, authorities. German federal police plan to take systematic action to combat group sexual attacks like those in cologne on new years eve, a paper says. How do victims, witnesses, the police, and the press look back on that night and its aftermath. New years eve sexual assaults in germany crime scene. German leaders expressed shock over dozens of apparently coordinated sexual assaults against women on new year s eve in the western city of cologne blamed on arablooking men, but warned against antimigrant scapegoating. Jan 08, 2016 berlin ap the police chief of the german city of cologne was dismissed friday amid mounting criticism of his forces handling of a string of new years eve sexual assaults and robberies. Mass sexual assaults on new years eve in cologne add fuel. Cologne divided over who to blame for new years assaults. The german city of cologne is reeling at revelations a series of hundreds of violent sexual assaults on new year s eve on local women were coordinated. Why we cant stay silent on germanys mass sex assaults.
German police say they prevent repeat of new year cologne. 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. Fireworks thrown at police and 14 women sexually assaulted. Leaked document says 2,000 men allegedly assaulted 1,200 german women on new year s eve. In this reconstruction, we place the facts alongside the media narrative. Germany takes steps to guard women against sexual assault as they ring in new year. Xenophobics exploit new years eve sexual attacks to. On new years day, 14 people have reported to the hamburger police to have been sexually assaulted in the new years eve, but those earliest reports were then lost in the police records, to be rediscovered around 20 january. Jan 11, 2016 the german city of cologne is reeling at revelations a series of hundreds of violent sexual assaults on new years eve on local women were coordinated. Cologne braces for farright rally after new years violence. New years eve sexual assaults in germany infogalactic. Women in other major european cities were the targets of sex attacks on new year s eve, similar to a.
Happy new year from berlin and cologne as the sexual assault numbers are starting to come in. Footage shot outside colognes main station on new years eve and into the early parts of new years day shows the chaotic celebrations that took place as revellers saw in 2016. Berlin, cologne, hamburg, stuttgart, dusseldorf new year. German police are investigating reports that scores of women were sexually assaulted and mugged in cologne city centre during new year s eve celebrations, in what a minister called a. Germany steps up new years eve security after berlin attack. Mass sexual assaults on new year s eve in cologne add fuel to. The comments by rainer wendt, who heads the rightleaning dpolg union, come amid an ongoing debate in germany about how to tackle an increase in sexual assaults.
German police say that asylum seekers are among those who allegedly carried out a string of sexual assaults during new year s eve celebrations, germanys interior ministry said on friday. Jan 12, 2016 angela merkels response to the new years eve assaults. A ministry spokesman says that federal police have identified 31 people. Jan 06, 2016 cologne, germany amid widespread shock over a string of sexual assaults in this cosmopolitan german city on new years eve, the response was divided wednesday. Jan 05, 2016 outrage is growing in germany over the reported sexual harassment of and assaults on women in the city of cologne on new years eve that police have blamed on as many as 1,000 men of arab or.
German police union chief slams nye safe zone for women. Cologne divided over who to blame for new years sexual assaults at least 106 women have come forward to file criminal complaints of sexual assault and robbery during the new years eve festivities, authorities said, including two accounts of rape. Jan 05, 2016 new year s eve assaults renew german tensions over migrants. New year s eve assaults renew german tensions over migrants. Dec 31, 2017 hamburg police will deploy a mix of fixed cameras, vehicle cameras, and officer body cameras to dissuade sexual assaults and identify those who carry out attacks on new years eve. Refugees quickly got blamed for a rash of sexual assaults in cologne. Colognes new years eve sexual assaults refugee news. Jan 07, 2016 cologne divided over who to blame for new years sexual assaults. Over 1200 women assaulted in germany on new years eve. The mayor of cologne condemned a series of sexual assaults in the western german city on new year s eve, calling tuesday for the perpetrators to be prosecuted in the toughest possible way. New years eve sex attacks to give message to germany say.
All of the incidents involved women being surrounded and assaulted by groups of men on. The german city of cologne, still shaken by a spate of sexual assaults in a crowd of migrants on new year s eve, was braced saturday for a rally of the xenophobic pegida movement. Sexual assault now poses such a threat that in the leadup to new year s eve. On thursday, a court in cologne sentenced two men in the new years eve assaults. Cologne inquiry into coordinated new years eve sex. Thousands were packed into the citys main square when the attacks occurred. Feb 08, 2017 police deny german newspaper claim of frankfurt nye sex attacks claims in a german newspaper of a mass sex attack by over 900 drunk refugees on new years eve in frankfurt, have been denied. Cologne police chief dismissed over new years eve assaults. Police deny german newspaper claim of frankfurt nye sex. Ten arrested for assaulting women at new years eve. 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 refugees after police said that men. German police have recorded a number of sexual assaults on new year s eve in berlin and cologne, as focus on the event continues following the mass sex assaults of 2016. Only two men convicted after 1,200 sexual assaults in. For some, roots of cologne attacks may run deeper than we.
Mass sexual assaults in cologne on new years eve mumsnet. Outrage is growing in germany over the reported sexual harassment of and assaults on women in the city of cologne on new year s eve that police have blamed on as many as 1,000 men of. Germany takes steps to guard women against sexual assault as. Jan 08, 2016 the german interior ministry says some asylum seekers are among those involved in the violence on new year s eve in cologne. During the 201516 public new years eves celebrations in germany, over 1,250 women in at least twelve cities reportedly have been sexually assaulted with. The twoway hundreds of criminal complaints have been filed over robberies and sexual assaults on new year s eve. There was a heightened police presence in cologne this year picture. Spate of new years eve sex attacks in berlin and cologne. Migrant assaults provoke backlash among young german women. Cologne police chief condemns sex assaults on new years eve. German officers targeted young north african men after last years sexual assaults.
Police in cologne are investigating reports of sexual assaults that occurred during new years eve celebrations. 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. Germany a new dimension of sexual assault in cologne. 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. Germany rattled by new years eve sex assaults by arab. They say such a phenomenon was unprecedented in germany till now. New years eve sex assaults also reported in finland. 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 year s eve. New year welcomes german safe zones, more sexual assaults. The assaults on new years eve have added a new layer of concern.
Man sentenced over german nye assaults a man who attacked another man in cologne on new year s eve has become the first to be jailed following a spate of crimes in the german city that night. Report on cologne new years assaults says overwhelmed police. Berlin german chancellor angela merkel voiced outrage tuesday at a series of sexual assaults in the western city of cologne on new years eve, saying the perpetrators need to be found as soon as. New years sex assaults add fuel to refugee debate in. Officials say nearly all perpetrators were migrants as german city.
Jan 05, 2016 police have been called in for crisis talks in the german city of cologne after widespread sexual assaults and muggings on new years eve. Asylum seekers suspected in rash of new years eve assaults. Authorities now think that on new year s eve, more than 1,200 women were sexually assaulted in various german cities, including more than 600 in cologne and about 400 in. Berlins newly constructed safety area for women, could not prevent several sexual assaults during the citys new year s eve celebrations. Four men have been convicted of crimes related to the new year s eve assaults, and more trials are underway. At least 1,200 women assaulted at german new years eve.
Jan 06, 2016 in cologne germany there were many reports of sexual attacks on women. Sexual assaults in germany on new years eve spark debate over. The authors examine it in the frame of discourse of gayropa that represents the eu via changes in gender order of the west european societies. So basically a crowd of up to men awaited female tarvelelers outside the central station and en route to the city centre and old part of town where all the new year s festivities took place were. Parallels police in cologne are investigating reports of sexual assaults that occurred during new year s eve celebrations. At least cases of sexual assault were reported in germanys capital on new year s eve despite the safe zones set up to protect women. 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. Widespread sexual attacks on women explode on new years eve.
Reports of new years attacks in germany rise to more than 600. The german government has condemned what are thought to. Jan 07, 2016 just click on the icons to get to the download page. Authorities now think that on new years eve, more than 1,200 women were sexually assaulted in various german cities, including more than 600 in cologne and about 400 in hamburg. The reports came on new years eve, and the women report being attacked by groups of arab or african looking men. Police in cologne are investigating reports of sexual assaults that occurred during new year s eve celebrations. New year s eve sex assaults also reported in finland, sweden and austria.
The 20152016 new year s eve celebrations in several german cities were rocked by a wave of sex attacks and assaults. The twoway in berlin, authorities are taking extra security measures ahead of new years celebrations. Dozens of sexual assaults in german city on new years eve. Jan 10, 2016 night of shame, week of soul searching.
Officials refuse to release the nationality or race of the men, claiming it. Germany says asylum seekers involved in nye assaults youtube. German police are investigating reports of dozens of sexual assaults and muggings that occurred outside colognes famous cathedral during a raucous celebration on new year s eve. Ap there were a number of sexual assaults at new year s eve parties in berlin and cologne as germany saw in 2018. Colognes mayor calls crisis talks with police after about 80 women reported sexual assaults and mugging by men on new year s eve. Similar barriers, and a beefed up police presence, will be in place in cologne, where hundreds of cases of sexual assault were reported during.
Germany shocked by cologne new year gang assaults on women. Police refused to provide information about the ethnicity or the nationality. The 201516 new years eve night in cologne has had farreaching consequences. Cologne divided over who to blame for new years sexual assaults. Reker said her administration and city police are taking steps to ensure assaults like those on new year s eve dont happen again. 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. 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 sunday. German police say they prevent repeat of new year cologne assaults german police said they prevented a repeat of the assaults and robberies suffered by hundreds of women in cologne a year ago by screening 650 mostly north african men on new year s eve. Cctv cameras have been installed on major thoroughfares in hamburg before the annual new years eve celebrations, including on the citys famous reeperbahn street. On new year s 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. Police secure the schlossplatz square in stuttgart, germany, on new year s eve. Dec 30, 2017 berlin ap a german police union boss has criticized organizers of berlins annual openair new years eve party for designating a special safety area for women, saying it suggests they arent safe from assault elsewhere.
The twoway in berlin, authorities are taking extra security measures ahead of new year. Angela merkels response to the new years eve assaults in. At this moment, at least cases were reported to the police and seven suspects were arrested in the german capital. 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 calls for a crackdown on what one. 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. Cologne a german prosecutor is confirming the vast majority of suspects responsible for a rash outbreak of sexual assaults on new year s eve are refugees.
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