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Germany migrant shelter fire ‘cheered by onlookers’
A fire which broke out at a building planned to house migrants in eastern Germany was greeted with cheers from some onlookers, police say. The fire in the town of Bautzen in the early hours of Sunday morning destroyed the roof of a former hotel, which was being converted into a migrant shelter. Police said some of the crowd...
Sexual offence complaints at Cologne carnival quadruple from last year
German police report 66 complaints of sexual insults or aggression, up from 18 in 2015, during the carnival between last Thursday and Wednesday The number of sexual offence complaints almost quadrupled at this year’s carnival celebrations in Cologne, according to German police, despite heightened security aimed at...
German mayor says schoolgirls shouldn’t walk near refugee center to avoid sexual harassment
A German mayor became the least popular resident of his own town after saying that schoolgirls should not “provoke” refugees and should take alternative routes to school to avoid sexual harassment. The comments outraged concerned citizens. The Bad Schlema town hall meeting turned sour after a grandfather confronted...
German police arrest first suspect in Cologne sex assaults
German authorities have arrested a 26-year-old asylum seeker from Algeria who stands accused of participating in the mass New Year’s sex assaults in Cologne. Up until this point, the handful of suspects have only been accused of theft. The man, arrested in the town of Kerpen, North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany,...