German TV apologizes for the lack of news about attacks on … – BBC

About gangs attacking women only yesterday began to intensively penetrate the mainstream media. Initially, the police claimed that there were no incidents.

ZDF in a statement said that the lack of current information was a mistake. Publisher information program on the ZDF decided to postpone the material events until the present official position of the authorities and the police in Cologne.

“It was clearly wrong assessment of the situation” – stated in a statement published on the channel profile on Facebook. Part of the organizations and politicians accused the mainstream media to apply self-censorship on events, because they hit the proimigracyjną policy of the government in Berlin.

At least one rape

The true scale of the New Year incidents was disclosed after several days. Yesterday number of women who reported assault approached the hundreds. At least one of ambushed been raped. According to the victims, immigrant groups surrounded them, valiant sexually abused and robbed.

The head of the German Ministry of the Interior Thomas de Maiziere stressed that in this case there is no room for speculation and pointed out that the authorities must clarify whether they are dealing with offenders coming out of the latest wave of migrants or living here a long time.