- on new years eve in cologne nearly 400 women were sexually assaulted/robbed with at least 2 rapes occurring. the attackers were described as being north african/arab. groups of 20-30 men surrounded the women groping them molesting them and stealing their valuables. there are 32 suspects so far according to the police with more than half of them being asylum seekers (as far as i know there people are only suspected of theft). there were 9 algerian men, 8 moroccan, 5 iranian, 4 syrian, 2 german, 1 iraqi, 1 serbian and 1 american. (x) (x)
- in hamburg there have been reports of at least 53 assaults with 39 of them being sexual assaults. (x)
- in dusseldorf there were at least 11 assaults in the city centre allegedly by north african men (x)
- in frankfurt at least 7 women were assaulted by groups of up to 10 men (x)
- in bielefeld a group of around 500 men attempted to force their way into a club allegedly groping women on their way in and out (details are sketchy on this one because it’s only been reported in german)
- in stuttgart 2 women were assaulted by a group of around 15 men, there were also other unspecified attacks.
- in berlin there were three sexual assaults around brandenburg gate, an iraqi man and a pakistani man have been arrested in relation to the attacks. (x)
- in weil am rhein two girls aged 14 and 15 were gang raped by four syrian residents (not refugees) aged 14-21. 3 out of the 4 men have been arrested. (x)
- 15 women in kalmar, sweden have reported similar assaults to those occuring in cologne. 2 asylum seekers are suspected of sexual assault and not much else is known. (x)
- in helsinki finnish police reported an unusually high level of sexual assault and prior to new year’s eve they were tipped off about plans by asylum seekers to sexually harass women. 3 sexual assaults were reported that night all 3 suspects were iraqi asylum seekers and were taken into custody by finnish police. (x) (x)
- women in salzburg, austria have also come forward to report sexual assalts on the night of new years eve (x)
- in zurich, switzerland, at least 6 women were sexually assaulted describing them as “dark skinned men” who robbed groped and molested them. (x)(x)
in response to the attacks in cologne the mayor henriette reker has warned women to keep strangers ‘one arms length away’ (a bit hard to do when they’re surrounding you, hey henriette?) women are being warned not to go outside alone at night.
attacks of this magnitude are unprecedented in europe, this is rape culture and this is not okay.