8 January 2016, 09:56 GMT
BERLIN (Sputnik) – On Sunday, groups of unknown gunmen attacked and injured several foreigners in the center of the German city of Cologne. Seibert abstained from linking the attacks with New Year Eve's assaults on women in the city, stressing that police were investigating all attacks on migrants.
"The government strongly opposes violence against migrants. Nothing can excuse such crimes," Seibert said.
According to media reports, several groups of rockers, bouncers and hooligans carried out Sunday's attacks near the Cologne central station, leaving two Pakistanis hospitalized and one Syrian citizen slightly injured.
On New Year's Eve, hundreds of women in Cologne were robbed, threatened and sexually assaulted by small groups of men, reported to be mostly of Arab and North African origin. According to media reports, over 400 criminal complaints have been filed by women in relation to the events of that night.
