The powerful thing one German vigilante group vows to do for women attacked by migrants will inspire you

'Women had to literally 'run the gauntlet' of very drunk men...'

In the midst of cheering and celebrating crowds on the streets of Cologne, Germany, hundreds of women were sexually assaulted and robbed on New Year's Eve.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - One German vigilante group has stepped up and vowed to protect women from migrant attackers following the mob of "drunk and stoned" migrants sexually assaulted and robbed the women of Cologne.

The group, known as Dusseldorf is Watching, has gained over 8,500 Facebook members and intends to protect women by patrolling the city on weekends and during public events.

The group's founder reported they were a non-violent group with a desire to "protect our ladies [sic] future."

Dusseldorf is Watching plans to open a second branch in Stuttgart and has asked its members to patrol the cities. On its Facebook page they wrote, "After the events at Cologne Central Station ... we decided to mobilize in Dusseldorf. Since these things are happening again and again in our beautiful city and have increased in recent months, we want to and we must do something about it.

"Each of us has a girlfriend, sister, mother, cousin, aunt, sister [sic] or wife. The idea is, on weekends and on various event days, to pass through the town to make it clear with presence that violence to humans is something that will absolutely not be tolerated in our beautiful city!"

Dusseldorf is Watching was founded following 170 criminal complaints, including 120 of a sexual nature, from victims of the New Year's attacks.

A report of the attacks was compiled by an unidentified senior officer who wrote "several thousand male persons with a migrant background" threw fireworks and bottles into crowds. 

"Women had to literally 'run the gauntlet' of very drunk men," it added. "In the course of the operation numerous crying and shocked women / girls approached officers and told them of sexual assaults by male migrants / groups. Unfortunately it wasn't possible to identify them anymore."

The Cologne Chief of Police reported the arrest of 34 suspects, eighteen of whom are migrants.

Interior Ministry spokesman Tobias Plate told reporters in Berlin the suspects were among an aggressive mob of up to 1,000 people in front of Cologne's main railway station. They were each arrested on suspicion of committing a range of crimes from theft to assault, and one was arrested for verbal abuse of a sexual nature.

Two of the suspects were reportedly carrying threatening, handwritten notes in German and Arabic. The notes are believed to have been handed to women and include inappropriate phrases such as "I am going to kill you," "I want to f***," "I'm only joking with you" and "nice breasts."

Plate reported the suspects included Algerians, eight Moroccans, five Iranians, four Syrians, two Germans, one Iraqi, one Serbian and one American.

The Syrians allegedly gang raped two teenage girls and a German and two underage boys are being held for locking up and abusing two underage girls following a party.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel stated, "We need to re-examine if everything necessary has been done with regards to expulsions to send a clear signal to those who do not respect our law.

"The feeling women had in this case of being at people's mercy, without any protection, is intolerable for me personally as well ... And so it is important for everything that happened there to be put on the table."

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