Cologne: Three out of 58 men arrested over mass sex attack on New Year's Eve were refugees ...

[redgreenandblue]

... from Syria or Iraq.

Majority of suspects are of Algerian, Tunisian or Moroccan descent and none had recently arrived in Germany, police have reportedly said

Three of the 58 suspects arrested in connection with the mass sex attack on women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve were refugees from Iraq or Syria.

Refugees have been widely targetted following more than 1,000 reports of theft, sex assault and rape of women at Cologne’s central train station - leading to a hardening of attitudes towards Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open door policy.

On Sunday, it emerged that of those arrested only two had recently arrived from Syria and one from Iraq.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/cologne-only-three-out-of-58-men-arrested-in-connection-with-mass-sex-attack-on-new-years-eve-are-a6874201.html

But don't expect an apology from the "liberals" who insisted this was related to the influx of refugees.

[hughee99]

1. Well, that settles that. Whether you realize it or not

This story has just made the case to your target audience (those who were blaming refugees) that immigrants from any Muslim countries are a problem. You may get your apology, but this isn't going to convince anyone who was against it that taking more refugees is a good idea.

[kiva]

2. And only three were German citizens.

The takeaway message is that foreigners were responsible for the assaults, whether they were recent refugees or other non-European immigrants. This will still resonate with people who feel that their country is being overwhelmed by outsiders, and influence their votes.

[jberryhill]

3. Where is their citizenship mentioned?

[B2G]

5. From the link in the OP

"The majority of the suspects were of Algerian (25 people), Tunisian (3) or Moroccan (21) origin and three were German citizens, according to Cologne public prosecutor Ulrich Bremer."

[malaise]

4. The planners sure achieved what they wanted

Total hatred for refugees -even among some DUers - I was always skeptical -way too neat,
Thanks for this

[kiva]

7. I don't think it's hatred.

I think that there's a message that we need to be careful of who we accept as refugees - as many have said, women, children, families.

But I could be wrong...often am.

[malaise]

10. Then perhaps the West should be more careful about

which countries are invaded, occupied and bombed

[Blue_Tires]

6. So where are the folks who kept insisting

refugees had nothing to do with this?

[FLPanhandle]

8. So what do you call the Algerians, Tunisians, and Moroccans?

Tourists?

Merkel opened the doors wide to all types of refugees including economic refugees.

[LittleBlue]

9. You've just revealed that almost every single perpetrator was a Muslim non-citizen

And this should convince the west to let in more. Right.

The discussion was about why Islamic cultures hold such low regard for women. You're proving Islam's detractors were correct.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

11. The cutoff from title to first line is hilarious.

Given that the title is a direct copy past from the link, I don't think the OP is being deliberately deceptive, but it completely changes the meaning.

Following the link, it looks as though nearly all of them *were* recent immigrants from North Africa, which is what most of the people the OP is attacking were claiming.

[Arazi]

12. If they've been in the country for a while and refused to assimilate

western values towards women, then you've amply made the case for the right wing hardliners that these are not good additions to German society and shouldn't be let in or allowed to stay.

[hughee99]

13. Well, this thread didn't turn out like you thought it would. n/t