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originally posted by: skywatcher44
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
Agree, I would help also I wish I had been there.. No Pictures or footage or any other men around and I know for sure German men would not stand idle while their wives or children were being assaulted . There must have been some fighting as the women involved would not have just let this happen. I will wait for some better official story as I presume the Right wings flap flapping are having a propaganda fest..
originally posted by: Siddharta
originally posted by: antar
a reply to: Siddharta
You would think having supposedly just fresh from a war torn country, people in shock from having witnessing scores of friends, family and loved ones torn to pieces in bombing raids, they would be far less zealous from the big bang fire works display rather than cheering and celebrating. PTS or something would be normal, not getting off on the display.
You are presuming that those people were freshly arrived refugees. Nobody said that. The police rather suspects some trickster networks they already know for some time. Sadly this is a common problem here in my town. A few months ago somebody tried to pull out my purse, too. But these guys were gypsies, legally here as citizens of the EU.
Since they only arrested 5 suspects yet, we will have to wait if the SOKO Neujahr (Task Force New Year) will show up some results soon.
originally posted by: Siddharta
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
How is this a cover up when the news all over the world report about it?
Or did you just need a way to start another thread about it, since this one already exists? Though the other one's title is even worse.
originally posted by: svetlana84
a reply to: 8675309jenny
No one said the events in Köln did not happen.
But it should be clear by now that no media cover up was taking place.
Even all these intenational medias cited here from BBC to DailyFail name their sources which are all german news sources.
Deny ignorance.
originally posted by: Siddharta
In this special case? No. This was too much for Cologne to put it under a blanket and keep smiling. We have a lot of tourists here, who need to get a clear message that they are safe here.
Also the right wing extremists try to get some ground here.
originally posted by: svetlana84
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
So from cover up to 'it took days to inform'.
Let me lay out some context:
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And while German media and authorities stand accused of covering up previous incidents to avoid stoking tensions, there are fears the upcoming carnival celebrations in Cologne will see a repeat of the brazen attacks.
Both Cologne's police chief and Germany's public broadcaster yesterday apologised after they were accused of attempting to cover up the extraordinary attacks.
On New Year's Day police said the celebrations had passed off peacefully with a 'jolly atmosphere'. But then dozens of women said they had been robbed and sexually assaulted during the night.
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Wolfgang Albers, the head of the city's police, refused to step down despite criticism for failing to arrest a single person over the attacks. Asked why police had claimed the celebrations had passed off peacefully, he said: 'That was wrong. For this we apologise.'
Public TV station ZDF also apologised for being slow to cover the attacks, which were initially only reported in local medi.
Ralf Jaeger, Interior Minister of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) declined to give further details of the investigation but said he expected 'a very detailed report' this week from the police.
It comes as Cologne city councillor Judith Wolter wrote a letter urging people to avoid the city centre after declaring it unsafe 'for women' in the wake of the attacks.
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originally posted by: Siddharta
a reply to: Unity_99
Why don't you start first? We still feel very comfortable here in our country, which is one of the best of this world.
It is not perfect and sometimes there is trouble above the normal level.
No need to start an anarchical Fourth Reich, as I would interprete your description of what should be done.