13-Century-Church Vandalised in Grafing

Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)

Unknown perpetrators entered St. Leornhard church in Grafing, Bavaria, on the weekend of July 6 and 7. They climbed into the locked main hall of the 13th-century church and broke pieces from a number of wooden statues which they burnt on the altar, thereby also damaging the main painting behind the altar. Some relics were stolen and the damage was severe.

Source:
http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.grafing-einbruch-in-st-leonhard-kirche-geschaendet.27492ea3-65a0-43da-8b73-407f11ee2e1b.html