London helps Cologne at new year pictures

Police in London will help colleagues in Cologne when evaluating images of got out of hand turn of the year in the German city.

London's Scotland Yard has extensive experience in viewing images and a refined technique, according to the German police. These are images from surveillance cameras and recordings made with phones skirmishes in the crowd outside the station.

Police in Cologne had until Friday 883 declarations in women. In nearly half the cases involve sexual offenses.