In a disturbing story, four members of a Syrian family have been accused of sexually assaulting nine young girls aged 11 to 17 at a public pool in Gelnhausen, Germany.
The alleged assaults took place at the Barbarossabad outdoor pool in the state of Hesse, as reported by the Daily Mail.
It began when five school-aged girls reported inappropriate touching by a group of young men while swimming.
Incredibly, rather than remove the suspects or immediately notify police, pool staff told the girls to return to the water and “let us know if anything else happens,” pool manager Nils Tischer admitted in an interview with local outlet Hessenschau.
Only after additional victims came forward did authorities finally intervene.
Police now say they are investigating claims from nine girls who were reportedly groped in the whirlpool area of the facility.
Four suspects, all adult male Syrian migrants between the ages of 18 and 28, have been identified.
Officers were able to question three of them at the scene. A fourth had already left before police arrived.
Gelnhausen Mayor Christian Litzinger confirmed that all four suspects were already known to authorities and lived locally in the Main-Kinzig district.
In response, the city has now banned the men from the pool and increased law enforcement presence in the area.
“This is the first incident of its kind here,” said Litzinger. “In the past, we’ve only dealt with minor thefts or verbal disputes.”
The incident has revived long-standing concerns about Germany’s refugee policy, especially in light of former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to welcome hundreds of thousands of Syrian migrants during the height of that country’s civil war.
Stories like this highlight the risks that come when unvetted individuals are allowed to enter and remain inside communities with minimal scrutiny.
This is not an isolated problem. In the United States, a strikingly similar trend has emerged.
A Law Enforcement Today exclusive told the story of Sheena Carach, a mother whose 21-year-old son Zach was nearly killed when he was run over by an illegal Venezuelan migrant, Tony Lopez-Infante.
The suspect, who had a final deportation order, was still roaming the streets freely when he struck Zach in a Nashville crosswalk and fled the scene. Zach now faces months of recovery in a wheelchair while the suspect remains at large.
Likewise, in South Carolina, six illegal immigrants were recently charged in the brutal murder of Larisha Thompson, a mother who was gunned down while simply driving to a friend’s house. One of the suspects had already been arrested for domestic violence the year prior.
Across the Atlantic, Germany now finds itself dealing with a similar consequence of failed enforcement and misplaced priorities.
Local German officials are now scrambling to respond. But the damage is done. Nine girls were allegedly assaulted in broad daylight.
The staff reportedly failed to protect them. The suspects were already “known to police.”
And yet, only after multiple complaints did authorities step in at all, likely out of fear of any action being framed as “racist.”
The same pattern can be seen worldwide: open borders, weak enforcement, and political leadership more concerned with appearances than safety.
In New York, Governor Kathy Hochul recently dropped charges against a far-left politician who interfered with ICE agents, even after he allegedly assaulted federal officers.
Meanwhile, crime and chaos continue to rise in both cities and rural towns.
As these events make clear, when people who are not supposed to be in the country commit crimes, the problem starts long before the crime is actually committed.
These incidents should never have happened in the first place. The shattered lives in Gelnhausen, Nashville, and Lancaster reflect a breakdown of leadership at every level.
