Cologne officials will deploy ten times the number of police officers it had on the streets last December at its 2016 New Year’s Eve celebrations.
German police will flood the streets of Cologne tonight after 600 women celebrating New Year’s Eve were sexually assaulted last December at the New Year’s Eve celebrations.
1,800 officers will be deployed tonight, compared to just 140 in 2015, following the huge number of attacks in 2015.
This time last year, 1,200 women were sexually assaulted by 2,000 men in German cities on New Year’s Eve.
A leaked police document revealed the bulk of the crimes were committed in Cologne and Hamburg.
A police spokesman said: ‘This year, what’s new is that we will place concrete blocks and position heavy armoured vehicles at the entrances.’
Cologne’s police chief was suspended from his position after the mayor said police had failed to inform her fully of the sexual assaults and was later replaced.
