Berlin New Year's Eve party sets up 'safe zone' for women

Move comes two years after hundreds of women were groped and molested by gangs of men on New Year’s Eve in Cologne

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.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2Ef9h0l

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