An annual festival on a German North Sea island that had drawn criticism over a practice of men hitting women with cow's horns passed without reports of assaults this year, police said Friday.
The Klaasohm festival on Borkum, the westernmost of a string of German islands, takes place on Dec. 5 ahead of St Nicholas' Day. A report by ARD public television aired late last month showed women being stopped by costumed men and hit on the buttocks with a cow's horn at the 2023 festival, and anonymous witnesses discussing aggressive behavior at the event.
