Gelnhausen. After alleged sexual harassment in a swimming pool in Gelnhausen (Main-Kinzig-Kreis), Hesse’s Interior Minister Roman Poseck (CDU) has requested quick education. “The incidents in the swimming pool in Gelnhausen have to be clarified quickly and comprehensively,” he said. “We must not allow our swimming pools to be places for sexual assault.” Poseck had previously expressed TV to the news channel. “I think we need a turnaround in migration policy,” he said there. The incident had happened in an outdoor pool on June 22. According to the police, several girls had contacted the swimming pool staff in the afternoon and reported that they had been touched all over the body in the pelvis in the area of a strudel from a group of several men. Investigators are currently assuming eight female victims aged 11 to 16. Four men between the ages of 18 and 28 are suspected. According to a spokesman for the Offenbach police headquarters and the public prosecutor, they are Syrian citizens. “I find it unbearable that the crime against four Syrian men who were looking for protection in our country,” said Poseck. “We must not generalize the allegations in the room and take them as an opportunity to make mood against refugees. The vast majority of people who have come to us behave righteously.” “Against those who take our legal and values with feet, the minister emphasized, on the other hand. “In my view, if you as an asylum seeker commits sex offenses in swimming pools.” The Interior Ministers’ conference in Bremerhaven once again unanimously demanded that Syrian offenders can be deported to their home country two weeks ago. “I also support this demand against the background of the events in Gelnhausen. This is about our security.” There are serious allegations in the room that would have to lead to fast and clear punishments, if they were confirmed, emphasized Poseck. “I am sure that the police and judiciary take the necessary steps.” The further investigation remained to be seen. Interior minister also pointed out that crimes in swimming pools had not increased in recent years. The number was in 2024 in 2019. There were 81 cases in the sexual offenses in 2019 and 74 cases in 2024 (dpa)
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