Cologne Attacks News: 500 Women File Complaints Over New Year's Eve Crimes
Last New Year's Eve in Cologne, Germany was traumatic and haunting for many women who were victims of a series of attacks by unidentified men. Recent reports reveal that over 500 complaints were filed over the crimes committed against women.
The crimes that women from Cologne allegedly committed against them included sexual assault, sexual harassment and robbery, Fox News Latino reported. According to the authorities, the horrific incident was mostly sexual assaults.
It has been reported that 40 percent of the cases involve sexual assault. In just 24 hours, the publication reports that from 379, complaints rose up to 516 in Cologne. Meanwhile, in the port city of Hamburg, 133 complaints have also been filed.
One Moroccan man was already arrested last Saturday night, the Cologne Police Department said as reported by the news agency. Nineteen other suspects have already been identified from the attacks that allegedly over 1,000 men committed over women in Cologne's main train station on New Year's Eve.
The incident further resulted in widespread fear from the residents in Germany, according to BBC, and has brought up immigration issues from the people since there were immigrants involved in the attacks.
Meanwhile, an 18-year-old female named Michelle revealed just how the men orchestrated their crimes against the women in Cologne. "They grabbed our arms, pushed our clothes away tried to get between our legs," she revealed as quoted by the publication.
"The police should think now about what they do to help us," she continued. "This is not a situation that's normal in Germany or the Western world."
Michele later urged that the issue on blaming immigrants on the incident gives more problems to innocent people.
"It would be wrong to blame refugees," she said adding, "They need our help." The publication reports that the fear is also with the 4,000 asylum-seekers who are living in Cologne as they face major backlash since the incident.
Meanwhile, a certain Iraqi man named Hassan, who had the privilege to stay in Cologne, expressed his grievances as immigrants continue to face the blame for the still under investigation incident.
"I'm so sorry this has happened. But Iraqi and Syrian men are good people," Hassan said as quoted by the news outlet "I want to thank Angela Merkel," he said of his recently acquired citizenship. "I love this country!"
The news comes after a significant number of Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi men, carrying official asylum papers were reportedly in the crowd that night of the incident, the news outlet reports.
Critics have seized their documents to bring down German Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door refugee policy.
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