Mass sexual assault in Frankfurt by refugees 'completely made up' [View all]
Source: Independent
One purported victim of 'sex rioting mob' was not in city at time of alleged attack
Harriet Agerholm @HarrietAgerholm 7 hours ago
Fressgas, in Frankfurt's city centre, where the purported mass assault took place
Prosecutors are investigating two people for allegedly fabricating an account of a mass sex attack by Arab migrants in Frankfurt.
Claims that a sex rioting mob of around 50 men assaulted a group of women over the new year were reported by German tabloid Bild earlier this month.
The report, which suggested the attackers lived at a refugee shelter in central Hasse, was widely re-circulated by right-wing news sites.
In an article since taken down from its website, Bild interviewed a chef who runs a restaurant in Fressgass, a busy shopping district, as well as a 27-year-old woman.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/frankfurt-mass-sexual-assault-refugees-fake-made-up-bild-germany-cologne-new-year-allegations-a7581291.html