Drunken Young Men Incidents
Drunken Young Men attack women in Cologne Central Railway Station
In what is regarded as one of the most disturbing news in recent times, about 1000 young men had attacked about 80 women in the Cologne Central Railway Station mugging and assaulting them sexually on the New Year’s Eve.
The magnitude of the incident was such that it has sent shock waves across Germany and promoted to city Mayor to summon the police for holding crisis talks and taking evasive actions.
The chief of Cologne Police, Wolfgang Albers, while talking to the media termed the incident as an entirely new and unexpected ‘dimension of crime’. He also claimed that the perpetrators were of either Arabian or North African origin. All of them were drunk, he added. Similar incidents were also reported from Hamburg, where women were targeted, though there the incident was not as serious as it was in Cologne. …show more content…
Majority of the incidents reported involved robbery, and a volunteer police woman was amongst the ones who were sexually assaulted. Cologne, and especially the area around the Cologne has always been notorious and infamous for theft and pick pocketing during the time of Christmas and New Year, with thousands amassing in the area to join the festivities. However, this time the crimes were not limited to thefts and pick pockets, and turned into something that was far more serious, and this has virtually shocked the entire Germany.
The aspect that is most disturbing is the fact that the attacks have been extremely organized as these 1000 men appeared in large groups, clearly with the explicit objective of carrying out these assaults on
In what is regarded as one of the most disturbing news in recent times, about 1000 young men had attacked about 80 women in the Cologne Central Railway Station mugging and assaulting them sexually on the New Year’s Eve.
The magnitude of the incident was such that it has sent shock waves across Germany and promoted to city Mayor to summon the police for holding crisis talks and taking evasive actions.
The chief of Cologne Police, Wolfgang Albers, while talking to the media termed the incident as an entirely new and unexpected ‘dimension of crime’. He also claimed that the perpetrators were of either Arabian or North African origin. All of them were drunk, he added. Similar incidents were also reported from Hamburg, where women were targeted, though there the incident was not as serious as it was in Cologne. …show more content…
Majority of the incidents reported involved robbery, and a volunteer police woman was amongst the ones who were sexually assaulted. Cologne, and especially the area around the Cologne has always been notorious and infamous for theft and pick pocketing during the time of Christmas and New Year, with thousands amassing in the area to join the festivities. However, this time the crimes were not limited to thefts and pick pockets, and turned into something that was far more serious, and this has virtually shocked the entire Germany.
The aspect that is most disturbing is the fact that the attacks have been extremely organized as these 1000 men appeared in large groups, clearly with the explicit objective of carrying out these assaults on