Above story.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35231046
Quote:
City police chief Wolfgang Albers called it "a completely new dimension of crime". The men were of Arab or North African appearance, he said.
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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.
Police in Hamburg are now reporting similar incidents on New Year's Eve in the party area of St Pauli. One politician says this is just the tip of the iceberg.
And there are real concerns about what will happen in February when the drunken street-parties of carnival season kick off.
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I know the place, were at that station myself several times during the past three years. Last summer they even had many construction fences in the surrounding area (don'T know whether they are still there), the roads and bridge pillars got renewed, it seems. No way to easily escape, and many dark hidden places under nearby roadbridges. Even worse to navigate if you are not familiar with the place.
Just days ago another main media dared to report - by German standards quite frankly - about the immense problem that Kurdish and Lebanese huge clans pose in cities like Berlin, Hamburg, and places in the Ruhrgebiet. Police unions under the hand talk of no-go zones for police patrols when the mikes are switched off. A female police officer, by name I assume of Greek descent, tours assemblies in Germany in her free time and speaks of how politicians and cultural relaticists as well as superforgiving pedagogic judges with surreal hopes all work together to - by final effect - erode the law and order. Violence against police officers now is a daily routine problem, and always the same cultural backgrounds show up. In some cities officers actively refuse to patrol in certain areas, giving fear for their lives as reason.
The problems grow since years. Consequences: none.
Oh, wait. Some politicians I read earlier this day in the media, saying that these events should not lead us to make conclusions on the migration policy of Germany, it would be cheap and a discrimination to consider the cultural background of people coming here. Some days ago another one said we should follow other (stupid) countries example and hide ethnic background and cultural origin of criminal offenders from the public. Out of sight - problem solved: that is the message.
We now behave like the Swedes started to do years ago: ignorant, cowardly, driven by indifference and daydreaming and ignoring the root problems over fears to be seen as politically incorrect. They pay the price. So will we. Serves us right.
Its nice and reassuring that the new year starts like the old one has ended. It gives a sense of continuance, stability.