During carnival Men allegedly raped young woman in Cologne hotel

Cologne · A young female carnival party-goer is said to have been raped in a hotel in downtown Cologne on Saturday evening. Police arrested two men and began investigations.

 The police arrested two men in a Cologne hotel.

The police arrested two men in a Cologne hotel.

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Cologne police arrested a 30- and a 33-year-old man from Frankfurt am Main in a Cologne hotel on Saturday evening. According to police, at least one of them is under strong suspicion of having raped a young female carnival party-goer. The men were arrested without resistance, and the police are still investigating.

The crime allegedly took place in a downtown Cologne hotel. As the young woman stated, she was able to escape from the hotel room after the crime and then alerted the police.

According to police, a total of seven sexual offences have already been reported during the carnival days in Cologne. That is nine cases less than last year. The total number of criminal charges has also decreased compared to 2019 as of Sunday afternoon. So far, police in Cologne filed 472 criminal charges, compared to 661 last year.

(Original text: GA Bonn; Translation: Mareike Graepel)
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