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| Berlin New Year's Eve party sets up 'safe zone' for women | Berlin New Year's Eve party sets up 'safe zone' for women |
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| Organisers of Germany’s biggest New Year’s Eve party at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate are setting up a special “safety zone” for women who have been assaulted or feel threatened. | Organisers of Germany’s biggest New Year’s Eve party at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate are setting up a special “safety zone” for women who have been assaulted or feel threatened. |
| The move comes two years after hundreds of women were groped, sexually molested and robbed by gangs of men during New Year’s Eve festivities in Cologne. | The move comes two years after hundreds of women were groped, sexually molested and robbed by gangs of men during New Year’s Eve festivities in Cologne. |
| Hundreds of thousands of revellers are expected to flock to Berlin’s “party mile” on Sunday in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the heart of the city. | Hundreds of thousands of revellers are expected to flock to Berlin’s “party mile” on Sunday in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the heart of the city. |
| The annual open air event with fireworks, live bands and DJs, continues into the early hours of the morning. | The annual open air event with fireworks, live bands and DJs, continues into the early hours of the morning. |
| Berlin police confirmed that this year women would be able to seek help in an area staffed by the German Red Cross. | Berlin police confirmed that this year women would be able to seek help in an area staffed by the German Red Cross. |
| “The organisers have set up a safety zone for women who have been victims of a sexual offence or are feeling harassed,” a police statement said. | “The organisers have set up a safety zone for women who have been victims of a sexual offence or are feeling harassed,” a police statement said. |
| Anja Marx, a spokeswoman for the event, said there would be a tented area with psychologists on hand. | Anja Marx, a spokeswoman for the event, said there would be a tented area with psychologists on hand. |
| “We are doing this for the first time,” she said by phone. “The police requested it after they did it at the Munich Oktoberfest this year and it worked out well.“ | “We are doing this for the first time,” she said by phone. “The police requested it after they did it at the Munich Oktoberfest this year and it worked out well.“ |
| She said there had not been problems at previous New Year celebrations in Berlin. | She said there had not been problems at previous New Year celebrations in Berlin. |
| The mass assaults two years ago in Cologne shocked the country. | The mass assaults two years ago in Cologne shocked the country. |
| A police report described how women were surrounded by gangs of men who sexually assaulted them, often while stealing their wallets and phones. | A police report described how women were surrounded by gangs of men who sexually assaulted them, often while stealing their wallets and phones. |
| The violence fuelled criticism of chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to open Germany’s doors to more than a million migrants after it emerged that many of the assaults were carried out by men of North African and Arab appearance. | The violence fuelled criticism of chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to open Germany’s doors to more than a million migrants after it emerged that many of the assaults were carried out by men of North African and Arab appearance. |
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