After sex attacks committed by Syrians: Special security for open-air swimming pool guests in Stuttgart, Germany

Inselbad Stuttgart, R.kaelcke, Wikimedia Commons .(CC BY-SA 4.0)

Since this weekend, a six-man security force has been patrolling an outdoor swimming pool near Stuttgart because the operators asked for help after sex attacks on girls and young women. The youngest perpetrator is only 13, a Syrian (23) is now in custody.

The season has barely started and there is trouble at the Inselbad in Stuttgart’s Türkheim district. Last weekend alone, seven girls and young women were victims of sexual assault there, according to the police. The youngest of the perpetrators caught so far is only 13 years old. He approached two teenagers (both 18) in the swimming pool and grabbed their bottoms. He was taken away and later handed over to his parents because he was of legal age.

A little later, a girl (12) sounded the alarm. Two young men had approached her in the water and touched her private parts. The two were caught. The main perpetrator was brought before a magistrate. The judge ordered the Syrian to be held in custody.

Also in the family pool, four men aged between 20 and 30 allegedly indecently touched four schoolgirls (12, 13, 14, 15) on Whit Monday. One of the suspects (29) was arrested, the police are still looking for witnesses to the incidents. In total, seven girls aged between twelve and 18 were sexually molested within a few hours, and four suspects have been arrested so far.

Stuttgart’s mayor Frank Nopper reacted immediately during the week and ordered a six-man security team from the public order office to the open-air swimming pool for the current weekend: “Our open-air swimming pools should be safe places where all visitors can feel comfortable,” he said.

This had recently become more and more difficult due to certain groups of visitors: “The inhibition threshold is simply very low with them,” confirmed a pool attendant.

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