UPDATE 1/7: Here are a few more recent articles:
“German Muslims condemn Cologne attacks, fear consequences“
“Cologne sex attacks ‘require police rethink‘”
“German women use social media to mock the Cologne Mayor’s advice on preventing sexual assault“
Horrible news out of Germany, via BBC:
“The mayor of Cologne has summoned police for crisis talks after about 80 women reported sexual assaults and muggings by men on New Year’s Eve.
The scale of the attacks on women at the city’s central railway station has shocked Germany. About 1,000 drunk and aggressive young men were involved….Women were also targeted in Hamburg, but the Cologne assaults – near the city’s iconic cathedral – were the most serious, German media report. At least one woman was raped, and many were groped….
What is particularly disturbing is that the attacks appear to have been organised. Around 1,000 young men arrived in large groups, seemingly with the specific intention of carrying out attacks on women.”
The New York Times has more on the story, including this:
“Several hundred people gathered in front of Cologne’s cathedral late Tuesday to protest violence against women. Several groups promoting women’s rights have complained that the authorities have not taken allegations of sexual abuse of women in refugee shelters seriously enough.”
Our thoughts are with the women and hope they may find the support and help they need to heal.
