ANGELA Merkel has admitted there are “no-go areas” in Germany, leaving officials speechless.
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The idea that there are places in the country where outsiders – including cops – can't visit has previously been dismissed by politicians.
But the German chancellor this week confessed there were “areas where nobody dares to go”.
Speaking in an interview with German broadcaster n-tv on Monday, Merkel said she favours a zero tolerance policy on crime.
She said this included cracking down to prevent the continued existence of these zones..
Merkel added: 'There are such areas and one has to call them by their name and do something about them.'
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Asked to name the areas, Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters Wednesday that 'the chancellor's words speak for themselves'.
Interior Ministry spokesman Johannes Dimroth likewise declined to identify no-go areas, saying security was a matter for local not federal authorities.
Among those to previously accuse the German government of allowing the existence of no-go zones was Police Union chief Rainer Wendt.
Wendt demanded German politicians get to grips with crime levels to tackle “police-free zones in Germany”.
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