Sex Attacks in Germany Stir Tensions Over Immigration
<p><span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Germany">Germany</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="investigating">investigating</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="describe">describe</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="series">series</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="sexual">sexual</span> <span word="assaults">assaults</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="allegedly">allegedly</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Year">Year</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Eve">Eve</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Cologne">Cologne</span>, <span word="Hamburg">Hamburg</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="allegedly">allegedly</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Middle">Middle</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="descent">descent</span>. <span word="Three">Three</span> <span word="suspects">suspects</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="identified">identified</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="names">names</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="public">public</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="identity">identity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="attackers">attackers</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="ramped">ramped</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="tensions">tensions</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="migration">migration</span>.</p><p><span word="Hundreds">Hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="gathered">gathered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Cologne">Cologne</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="attacks">attacks</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="perpetrators">perpetrators</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="caught">caught</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="justice">justice</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Manuela">Manuela</span>.</p><p><span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="men">men</span> – <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="reportedly">reportedly</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Middle">Middle</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="descent">descent</span> – <span word="had">had</span> <span word="gathered">gathered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cathedral">cathedral</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Year">Year</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Eve">Eve</span>.</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="threw">threw</span> <span word="firecrackers">firecrackers</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crowds">crowds</span> - <span word="before">before</span> <span word="splitting">splitting</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="surrounding">surrounding</span> <span word="lone">lone</span> <span word="women">women</span>, <span word="sexually">sexually</span> <span word="assaulting">assaulting</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="robbing">robbing</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="Around">Around</span> 90 <span word="women">women</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="complained">complained</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="police">police</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="attacks">attacks</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="poured">poured</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="already">already</span>-<span word="heated">heated</span> <span word="debate">debate</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="immigration">immigration</span>. <span word="Alexander">Alexander</span> <span word="Marguier">Marguier</span> – <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="editor">editor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span> <span word="Cicero">Cicero</span> – <span word="said">said</span> <span word="via">via</span> <span word="Skype">Skype</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Berlin">Berlin</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="Germans">Germans</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="blaming">blaming</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="immigration">immigration</span> <span word="policy">policy</span>.</p><p>"<span word="You">You</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="before">before</span>. <span word="You">You</span> <span word="know">know</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="crowd">crowd</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="station">station</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Cologne">Cologne</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="German">German</span> <span word="cities">cities</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="haven">haven</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="before">before</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="link">link</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="migration">migration</span> <span word="policy">policy</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Marguier">Marguier</span>.</p>
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