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International News Title: Refugee rapes 79yo woman at German cemetery A new rape scandal is brewing in Germany after 40-year-old man from Eritrea with official refugee status was arrested as he was sexually assaulting an elderly woman at a cemetery in North Rhine-Westphalia. The disturbing attack took place in the western German town of Iddenbueren on Sunday. A local resident alerted the police after he heard a cry for help coming from the cemetery. Read more The Reichstag building © Fabrizio Bensch No means no: Germany toughens sex crime laws in light of Cologne attacks The victim, a 79-year-old boarder of a nursing home, was provided first aid before being transferred to a medical facility for treatment. She was released from the hospital on Tuesday. The pensioner is known to visit the cemetery fairly regularly to mourn her long-dead sister, Bild reported. READ MORE:Cologne police told to remove 'rape' from memo on NYE sexual assaults report The alleged perpetrator, who has been living in Germany since 2013, was charged with rape by the prosecution and placed into custody for the course of the investigation, the prosecutors office of Munster and police for the district of Steinfurt, where the town is located, said in a joint statement. Before being arrested, the suspect was staying at a refugee shelter in the nearby town of Horstel. The assailant did not resist the police as they arrived at the scene early on Sunday morning. He faces up to 15 years behind bars if found guilty. A wave of sexually-related offences in Germany has triggered immense public outrage and forced authorities to review existing anti-rape laws. The most notorious incident took place during this years New Years Eve celebrations in Cologne, where wide-scale sexual assaults took place. Read more © Dominic Ebenbichler Germany mulls internal army use as top officials claim Islamist terror has arrived In an effort to reduce the underreporting of rape crimes, Germanys parliament introduced a new law on sexual offences earlier this month labeled no means no, under which victims will no longer be required to prove that they physically resisted the assailant, which was mandatory for rape charges to be brought against an assailant before. The old standard led to many offences not being reported, as victims had often been intimidated into the sexual contact. READ MORE:Hundreds of leads on possible terrorists among refugees German police The change in the law will help increase the number of victims who choose to press charges, lower the number of criminal prosecutions that are shelved, and ensure sexual assaults are properly punished, said Manuela Schwesig, Germanys federal minister of family affairs, senior citizens, women and youth, in commenting on the law. As the majority of the sexual attacks committed in Cologne were linked to men from North Africa and the Middle East, the law put special emphasis on asylum seekers and migrants involved in sexual crimes. The legislation specifies that any sexually-related conviction could be a pretext for denying refugee status and also facilitate deportation. More than 1.1 million refugees, mostly from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, entered Germany last year. The unprecedented influx has boosted the popularity of right-wing parties and created tension within German society. According to a survey conducted by pollster GfK, 83 percent of Germans now consider immigration to be countrys biggest challenge a staggering increase from last years figure of 35 percent. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Stoner (#0)
The Religion of Peace again. We're going to be getting a lot more "peace".
Liberal application of my suggestion would put the brakes on that. Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. if you look around, we have gone so far down the the rat hole, the almighty is going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah, if we don't have a judgement come down on us. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
In all honesty, she only looked 73.
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