Cologne sex attack victim recalls trauma of rape, pregnancy and abortion

Cologne, Germany: Months after series of sexual attacks on women during New Year celebrations in the German city of Cologne, an 18-year-old rape victim has made a shocking revelation -- her journey from rape to pregnancy.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, the traumatised victim said that she had to undergo an abortion after she was brutally assaulted, groped and raped in front of Cologne train station on New Year's eve.

In her revelation, she mentioned that she was thrown around a group of men, before she fell on the ground and was attacked by the mob, alongside another victim who was being raped.

About 90 women had reported being robbed, threatened or sexually molested at New Year celebrations outside Cologne's cathedral by young, mostly drunk, men, police said. Many of the forced sexual attacks still go unreported.

The victim said that she was separated from her girlfriend and ended up being passed from one man to another. She was then thrown to the ground and raped.

“She had tried to signal to the other girl that she should close her eyes, but the man then grabbed her own head and forced her to look at him,” said officials investigating the case.

The victim said that her ordeal ended after a policeman intervened and pulled her attacker away, giving her a chance to flee from the horrific scene.

Although the victim suffered abuse at the hands of the attacker, she did not file a police complaint. However, she used to often visit the hospital. But, when she was told about her pregnancy, she decided to have an abortion.

Cologne has long been in the news for sex assaults on women during the New Year's eve, followed by the resignation of police chief. The attacks were blamed largely on Arab and North African men.