'Cologne police powerless'
World
January 7, 2016 13:14
In a secret document on which the newspaper Bild hand has managed to lay even says that 'there are deaths could fall.
Even before the police in large numbers attended the cathedral, there was completely out of hand. 'Along the way we heard the stories of weeping parents with their children shocked,' describes an agent in the document. 'Even before we could park our cars, we were pelted with fireworks. On the square near the cathedral were about a thousand people, especially men. They threw fireworks. The emergency services were accosted by people who told me that people were assaulted and robbed. '
Barely stepped out of the car were the agents are thus in the middle of an emergency, describes Bild. Even the fact that they flocked to the center of the assailants made no impression. 'Women made their way through the mass of men, each of which were under the influence. We concluded that the situation was so dangerous that there could be casualties, perhaps even dead. '
The police decided to evacuate the area, but around half twelve escalated the situation completely. 'Agents were frequently pelted with bottles and fireworks. Our work was further complicated by the fact that people are so much alcohol and drugs had. 'Fifteen minutes after midnight had completed the evacuation, according to the document.
'Time to assist the victims or to go after the perpetrators was not,' Bild quoted further. 'The agents were on the brink of frustration. The lack of respect that bystanders showed I have not experienced in my 29 years on the force. '
On video are the faces of sixteen perpetrators been identified. The number of reports has risen to 121.
amsterdam - The Cologne police was on New Year's Eve powerless against the group of men a mass assault committed in the center of the cathedral city.
In a secret document on which the newspaper Bild hand has managed to lay even says that 'there are deaths could fall.
Even before the police in large numbers attended the cathedral, there was completely out of hand. 'Along the way we heard the stories of weeping parents with their children shocked,' describes an agent in the document. 'Even before we could park our cars, we were pelted with fireworks. On the square near the cathedral were about a thousand people, especially men. They threw fireworks. The emergency services were accosted by people who told me that people were assaulted and robbed. '
Barely stepped out of the car were the agents are thus in the middle of an emergency, describes Bild. Even the fact that they flocked to the center of the assailants made no impression. 'Women made their way through the mass of men, each of which were under the influence. We concluded that the situation was so dangerous that there could be casualties, perhaps even dead. '
The police decided to evacuate the area, but around half twelve escalated the situation completely. 'Agents were frequently pelted with bottles and fireworks. Our work was further complicated by the fact that people are so much alcohol and drugs had. 'Fifteen minutes after midnight had completed the evacuation, according to the document.
'Time to assist the victims or to go after the perpetrators was not,' Bild quoted further. 'The agents were on the brink of frustration. The lack of respect that bystanders showed I have not experienced in my 29 years on the force. '
On video are the faces of sixteen perpetrators been identified. The number of reports has risen to 121.
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