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on February 6, 2016 in World News

Cologne Carnival: 22 reports of sex assaults despite heavy police presence

Despite police numbers doubling since last year’s event, 22 sexual assaults were reported along 143 reports of bodily harm and 30 thefts Harriet Sinclair Cologne police reported 22 sexual assaults on the opening night of the city’s annual carnival, an increase in attacks on last year’s event. Of the offences reported at the Women’s Carnival Day, two were described as serious, with a woman believed to have been raped on her way home from the event, Deutsche Welle reported. The other serious incident saw a female news reporter at the carnival being groped live on air. As well as the string… View Article

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