Berlin Is Experiencing A Rise In Anti-LGBT+ Hate Crimes
Berlin is experiencing a rise in anti-LGBT+ hate crimes, city’s police chief Barbara Slowik said in an event held by the Alliance Against Homophobia.
In the first nine months of 2019 there had been 261 attacks on LTBT+ people in Berlin, compared to 184 in the first nine months of 2018.
Slowik warned of an “increasing polarisation of society” and said that the attacks are happening in places where the LGBT+ community is highly visible.
She also said there was a “dark field” and that many attacks are not reported.
“It’s not just in Berlin that there is a rise in anti-LGBTQ crimes, as figures from the German Interior Ministry show there’s also a rise nationally, with LGBTQ-related properties also being attacked,” report ‘Gay Times’.
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