New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany

During the 2015/2016 New Year's Eve celebrations, hundreds of sexual assaults (including groping), at least five rapes, and numerous thefts were reported in Germany, mainly in Cologne city centre. Similar incidents were reported in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, and Bielefeld. The German Federal Criminal Police Office said on 9 January that the incidents were a phenomenon known in the Arab World as taharrush gamea in Arabic. Translated as "group sexual harassment in crowds," it is comparable to criminal acts committed in Cairo's Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution of 2011.

New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany

During the 2015/2016 New Year's Eve celebrations, hundreds of sexual assaults (including groping), at least five rapes, and numerous thefts were reported in Germany, mainly in Cologne city centre. Similar incidents were reported in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, and Bielefeld. The German Federal Criminal Police Office said on 9 January that the incidents were a phenomenon known in the Arab World as taharrush gamea in Arabic. Translated as "group sexual harassment in crowds," it is comparable to criminal acts committed in Cairo's Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution of 2011.