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Police in Germany have launched a review after admitting they mishandled two emergency calls from a terrified camper who had been threatened with the knife before the rapist dragged his girlfriend away.
An emergency call handler asked a man if he was joking when he reported his girlfriend's ongoing rape by a machete-wielding attacker, it has been reported.
The officer who took his first call asked him: "You aren't messing with me, are you?" After enquiring about his name and location, and promising to send help, the Bonn Police operator hung up, according to the Rheinische Post.
The rape took place in April and a Ghanaian asylum seeker has reportedly been arrested, though he denies rape.
A Bonn Police spokesman admitted the way the calls were treated, and the language of the operator during the first emergency plea, were not up to standard.
German police 'thought man was joking' when he called to report his girlfriend was being raped | The Independent
I'm shocked that the police in some German cities would be so clueless at this point, as to assume that a report of rape in progress is some kind of joke. I'm not sure if German citizens are allowed to sue the police for damages, but the young woman in this story would certainly have a very strong claim if such suits are allowed.
The story is yet another indication that Germany remains unprepared for the effects of migration from certain areas of the world.