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Berlin’s top security official has condemned incidents in which young women were groped or harassed by groups of men at a festival in the German capital. Berlin’s top security official has condemned incidents in which young women were groped or harassed by groups of men at a festival in the German capital. Police received seven complaints alleging sexual harassment or assault at the carnival of cultures, an annual festival that ran from Friday to Monday.
Police received seven complaints alleging sexual harassment or assault at the carnival of cultures, an annual festival that ran from Friday to Monday.
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The cases include one in which a 17-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman were surrounded by a group of around 10 men on Saturday and the younger girl’s mobile phone was stolen. The cases include one in which a 17-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman were surrounded by a group of about 10 men on Saturday and the younger girl’s mobile phone was stolen. Police arrived shortly afterwards and briefly detained three teenage boys who were part of the group. A 40-year-old man also has been identified as a suspect.
Police arrived shortly afterwards and briefly detained three teenage boys who were part of the group. A 40-year-old man also has been identified as a suspect in the cases. State interior minister Frank Henkel described the incidents as “abhorrent and criminal” and appealed for any other victims to contact police.
State interior minister Frank Henkel described the incidents as “abhorrent and criminal” and appealed to any other victims to contact police. Larger-scale assaults in Cologne on New Year’s Eve, blamed largely on north African groups, stoked tensions over Germany’s recent migrant influx. The identities of those suspected to have been involved in the Berlin incidents have not been revealed, but police said several were born in Berlin.
Larger-scale assaults in Cologne on New Year’s Eve, blamed largely on north Africans, stoked tensions over Germany’s recent migrant influx.
The identities of those suspected to have been involved in the Berlin incidents have not been revealed but police said several were born in Berlin.