Police published photos: 'Most of them came from the same area'

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Author: Portal Jutarnji.hr

The horrible attacks on women resulted with 379 criminal charges, a police even formed a special team

After more than two months of investigation Cologne police public is presented photographs of men suspected of mass sexual attacks in Cologne on New Year's Eve. The horrible attacks on women resulted with 379 criminal charges, due to a large barrel of the European public, the police even formed a special team called 'New Year', which is more than two months exclusively dealt with the case.

Police from the beginning believed that the attackers were migrants from North Africa, and the new image of five men confirm their suspicions. However, from the police point out that they have no idea where these people are, and that is almost certain that not all of Cologne. Also, not only are suspected harassment of women, but also for theft.

The people in the photographs could be the first to be convicted of sexual assault, because all those who were previously arrested were convicted only because of theft. Police reported in late February that 75 people identified, but due to bad recordings of surveillance cameras, almost anything they could not prove.

- The recordings of surveillance cameras are not good enough quality to clearly identify sexual assailants. We see some theft and that's all. We rely on eyewitness statements and to recognize that victims of attackers - said police chief Juergen Mathies.

Former police commander, Mathiesov predecessor in office, was dismissed for failure of treatment that night. The official report showed that the Cologne police had committed "serious errors" because they did not call for backup. Around 1,000 men north African and Arab origin gathered at New Year's Eve at the main railway station and formed groups that are surrounded by women. Then the women were threatened and assaulted them. Migration policy of Chancellor Angela Merkel has since been increasingly criticized.

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