The leaked report has revealed the staggering extent of the sexual crimes in German cities which took place during festive celebrations but police have only identified 120 of the potential perpetrators.
Revealed: 1,200 women were sexually assaulted by 2,000 men in German cities on New Year's Eve
A leaked report has revealed a staggering 1,200 were sexually abused in German cities during New Year's Eve celebrations.
The police document stated detectives believe 2,000 men were involved across various cities but that the bulk of the crimes were committed in Cologne and Hamburg where 600 and 400 sexual assaults on women were reported respectively.
Of the 2,000 perpetrators, only 120 have been identified, and about half of them were foreign nationals who had only recently arrived in Germany.
The report was published by German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, which revealed a huge upscale in the original estimate of 359 sexual assault victims back in January. By May, that figure had increased to 'up to 1,000', according to the authorities in Germany.
The horrendous scenes more than seven months ago have only resulted in four convictions, although more trials are underway.
One of the most recent were the trials of foreign nationals Hussain A and Hassan T, walked from court cheering and smiling having been gifted suspended sentences despite the judge calling them 'animals'.
Algerian Hassan T was also found guilty of being an accomplice to a sexual assault carried out by a group of around 20 men.
The 26-year-old told a man who was walking with two female victims 'Give me the girls, give me the girls - or you're dead.'
Hussain A, a 21-year-old Iraqi, had kissed a young woman against her will and then licked her face.
'We see that as sexual assault,' said judge Gerd Krämer. 'He forced the victim to accept the kiss and lick.'
Both were given a one-year suspended sentence and their victims openly wept in court.
Dozens of victims have bravely come forward to tell of their horror, including 17-year-old studnet Dilara Zajarskaite, who waived her anonymity to tell MailOnline: 'We were attacked separate five times and no one stopped to help us. These Arab men touched me and hurt me. They tried to kidnap my best friend. It was terrifying.
'I told a policeman what had happened to us that night but he said it was not worth making a complaint because I could not name any of the attackers. 'It is a scandal the police have not captured any of the men who did this.'
Hers is one of 1,200 nightmare stories from December last year, which include crimes ranging from pick pocketing to gang rape.
One woman, known only as Jenny, suffered serious burns when a firework was shoved into the hood she was wearing.
'I heard a sizzling sound in my hood,' said Jenny. 'I somehow tried to get the firecracker out of the hood. Then it fell into my jacket and burned everything.'
She added: 'The scars will be permanent. I was lucky that it didn’t explode.'
Police say the wave of attacks were perpetrated by groups of 'Arab or North African' men in the city centre, in what they described as a 'new dimension in crime'.
Another distressed victim, who did not want to be identified, told Euronews: ‘We were fondled, I was groped between my legs. My friends were also fondled. My boyfriend tried to pull me away. There was quite a big group of people, maybe thirty or forty,'
One of the first victim's to speak out, an 18-year-old named only as Michelle, described being surrounded by a group of 30 'angry' men who groped her and her friends then stole their belongings as they fled.
Witnesses and police have described men working in 'coordinated' groups to grope women who were unable to escape, while two women reported they were raped.
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