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| Mass sexual assault reported at Germany music festival | Mass sexual assault reported at Germany music festival |
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| Eighteen women have said they were sexually assaulted at a music festival in Germany. | |
| Three men from Pakistan aged between 28 and 31 have been arrested and police are still searching for three men who may also have been involved. | Three men from Pakistan aged between 28 and 31 have been arrested and police are still searching for three men who may also have been involved. |
| The attacks are similar to those reported in Cologne and other cities on New Year's Eve, when as many as 1,000 women were groped and robbed. | The attacks are similar to those reported in Cologne and other cities on New Year's Eve, when as many as 1,000 women were groped and robbed. |
| Police said three women reported being groped at the Schlossgrabenfest music festival in Darmstadt on Saturday, saying they had been encircled then sexually harassed by a group of men. | |
| By Tuesday, 15 more women had made complaints of being sexually assaulted in a similar manner at the festival. | By Tuesday, 15 more women had made complaints of being sexually assaulted in a similar manner at the festival. |
| The three men who have been arrested are asylum seekers from Pakistan. All have been charged with sexual assault charges. | The three men who have been arrested are asylum seekers from Pakistan. All have been charged with sexual assault charges. |
| Police have said the number of complaints could rise and are hunting for between two and three more men. | Police have said the number of complaints could rise and are hunting for between two and three more men. |
| The attacks are similar to those which occured on New Year's Eve in Cologne and other German cities. | |
| Many of the perpetrators were allegedly of North African or Arab descent and the assaults sparked a backlash against refugees throughout Europe. | Many of the perpetrators were allegedly of North African or Arab descent and the assaults sparked a backlash against refugees throughout Europe. |
| Protests by anti-refugee groups swept the country following the New Year's Eve attacks and support for refugees in Europe fell. | Protests by anti-refugee groups swept the country following the New Year's Eve attacks and support for refugees in Europe fell. |