A chilling testimony, which is reminiscent – all things considered – of the sexual assaults in Cologne during New Year's Eve 2016. The Belgian media SudInfo describes the nightmare night experienced by six young people from Liège, who went to Milan for New Year's Eve of the New Year. Young Belgians report having been sexually assaulted on the Place du Dôme in the Italian city.
“There were few Italians in the square and many young foreigners with the flags of their country (Iraq, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, etc.)”
“During New Year's Eve, there were no fireworks displays by the City or a countdown at midnight. There were few Italians in the square and many young foreigners with the flags of their country (Iraq, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, etc.). And what was supposed to be a night of celebration turned into horror! »confides Laura, one of these tourists. According to her testimony, she and her friends were victims of sexual assault “in front of thousands of people”. “Young people set off fireworks into the crowd. There were screams, people screaming and struggling.”she also affirms.
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The group from Liégeois was surrounded and could no longer move: “Our hands were held while others touched us all over our clothes but also under our clothes! […] It lasted 10 minutes […] It was an Italian gentleman who saved me at the same time as his wife who was also a victim of touching. Otherwise I don't know what would have happened to me. And the young people insulted the Italians and the tourists”also declares Laura to SudInfo. Still according to this testimony, the young students subsequently found police officers, who confided to them their helplessness in the face of the phenomenon. “Believe it or not, these attacks are not indicated in the newspapers but of course our bodies and in our heads for life”denounces Laura again.
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As the Belgian media 7sur7 points out, this is not the first time that Milan's main square has been the scene of sexual assaults: in 2022, nine women reported having been attacked by groups of young men during the night. New Year's Eve. Around twenty individuals, suspected of sexual assault, foreigners and Italians, were then able to be identified.
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