Finnish police are investigating 15 reported cases of sexual assault of women near Helsinki city centre on New Year's Eve carried out by men of foreign appearance some of whom were likely to be asylum seekers, a police report said on Tuesday. Police report reflects similar events in Germany where more than 600 women in Cologne and other cities filed complaints of sexual molestation on the New Year's weekend
The Helsinki police report said they had received reports of one rape, two attempted rapes and 12 cases of sexual harassment by several groups of 10-20 men with foreign backgrounds who roamed around the city centre during New Year celebrations.
"The individuals in these groups possibly had a premeditated tactic in which some of the suspects had surrounded the victim and some had carried out the activities that fulfil the characteristics of a crime," it said.
"In three of the cases, we have identified suspects who are all asylum seekers. The suspects in the other cases also have foreign charecteristics", Detective Superintendent Jonna Turunen told Reuters separately.
One victim was with her mother at the time when the group surrounded them and then started licking her face and groping her. Her mother tried to stop them but she was beaten and ultimately knocked unconscious.
Backround: Last year, about 32,000 asylum seekers came to Finland, most of them from Iraq and Somalia, well up from the 3,600 in 2014 and putting a strain on the recession-bound Nordic country.
Conclusion: This is the thanks we get! The police said this is the highest number of sexual crimes reported that they've ever received over the course of ONE night in ONE city,
The Helsinki police report said they had received reports of one rape, two attempted rapes and 12 cases of sexual harassment by several groups of 10-20 men with foreign backgrounds who roamed around the city centre during New Year celebrations.
"The individuals in these groups possibly had a premeditated tactic in which some of the suspects had surrounded the victim and some had carried out the activities that fulfil the characteristics of a crime," it said.
"In three of the cases, we have identified suspects who are all asylum seekers. The suspects in the other cases also have foreign charecteristics", Detective Superintendent Jonna Turunen told Reuters separately.
One victim was with her mother at the time when the group surrounded them and then started licking her face and groping her. Her mother tried to stop them but she was beaten and ultimately knocked unconscious.
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Backround: Last year, about 32,000 asylum seekers came to Finland, most of them from Iraq and Somalia, well up from the 3,600 in 2014 and putting a strain on the recession-bound Nordic country.
Conclusion: This is the thanks we get! The police said this is the highest number of sexual crimes reported that they've ever received over the course of ONE night in ONE city,
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