"We want to tell the German people how we feel — sad and ashamed of the attackers actions."
After a long journey from Homs in Syria, Sakher Al-Mohamad knew he had found the right home when he arrived in north-west city of Cologne last August. For months, the 27-year-old — who was once a reporter in Syria, but now teaches — bounced from city to city within Germany, but as he felt "accepted" in Cologne, he settled.
But after a mass of women were sexually assaulted and attacked outside the city cathedral on New Year's Eve by perpetuators the police say were migrants, an anti-refugee sentiment was ignited across the country.
For Sakher and his Syrian friends in Cologne, they feared the worst.
"We don't want to find a new war here in Germany," Sakher told BuzzFeed News. "Most people in this city have accepted the refugees, refugees like me. I'm very sad it happened here."
"We want to tell the German people how we feel — sad and ashamed of the attackers actions. If we knew who they were, we would tell the police because they are dangerous. Not only for women, but for all of us."
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