Germans questioning migrant welcome in wake of New Year’s Eve

The tales coming out of German cities about what happened New Year’s Eve keep getting worse.

 

First there was Cologne, where as many as 1,000 men thought to be between 18 and 35 years old descended on a central square, breaking into packs of 30 or more that reportedly surrounded, molested and robbed hundreds of women. Two rapes were reported.

 

Now, similar though smaller-scale attacks are being reported in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Dusseldorf.

 

The reports get at a number of political issues raging in Germany, with the most worrying question being whether the attackers were bands of recently arrived refugees.

 

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